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Tall ground cover with white flowers?
My MIL has talked about a plant she used to grow and cannot find. I would love to find it for her. It appears to be a tall ground cover with white flowers. She has always referred to it as “company flower.” Any ideas what this could be???
Posted by brandandli on April 27, 2016
Marianne's Response
So sorry I have never heard of a ground cover called company flower and after doing some research in old gardening books I came up empty. My best guess is the groundcover called lily of the valley as it has green leaves about 8 inches tall and spikes of fragrant, bell-shaped white blooms. This old fashioned groundcover blooms in the shade in mid spring and does well in woodland gardens. The Latin name is Convallaria magallis. Good Luck, Marianne Binetti
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