I.D? lots of small white flowers...grows low to the ground..

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  1. Green_Numb

    Green_Numb In Flower

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    Here's a nice lil plant that flowers for quite a while. I have no idea what this is so any help would be cool. This sits on a corner of a flower bed right outside the back door. I actually covered some of this up with mulch to make the plant more compact and less stretched but its popping up in other places..

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    thanks

    GN
     
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  3. Palustris

    Palustris Young Pine

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    Iberis sempervirens?
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I agree with Palustris. Also known as Candytuft.
     
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    Green_Numb In Flower

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    cool thanks for the i.d's!

    i always like the common names better than the latin..
     



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  6. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It really is essential with many plants that you know the proper botanical name too. Some plants have several different common names depending on where you live, who was growing them and what they thought the plant looked like, etc.

    There are many plants with similar common names but belong to totally different plant families.
    In my three years on GS, I have learned the importance of knowing the botanical name ;)
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    And for us foreigners the botanical name is a necessity. :D I frequently don't know what you English-speaking members talk about and have to look it up.
     
  8. Green_Numb

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    i will have to start learning the botanical names too then :)
     

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