READER PHOTO! An unexpected groundcover

Kind of proceed in the groundcover musical theme , today ’s pic are from Jane Horn in Prior Lake , Minnesota . She says , “ I love using jewels of Opar ( Talinum paniculatumcv . , annual ) as a flat coat cover . I planted a few plant one year and was rewarded with seedling that look large in the garden . The Talinum is an yearly here in USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but by reseeding , it keeps on gift . Some of them even grow up to bloom . The third photo shows their pinkish “ forget - me - not ” blossoms . The last two photo show the mature garden in the fall . ” Thanks , Jane , for communion !

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