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hilburng Greenville, NC May 19, 2008

I live in eastern North Carolina. Today I went to a pinic at a country farm. The owner had a beautiful ground cover. Its leaves appeared to be a green succulent. It had small yellow flowers.

When I asked what it is, she said "creeping charlie". It is not creeping charlie based on my research but I don't know what it is.

She said that one just pulls pieces off the plants and lays them in a pot or on the soil and it takes off. She had lots in sunny places but also showed me a large area under a tree in a very shady location.

She offered me some but things got hectic at the end of the gathering and I left without it.

Can anyone identify this plant for me so I can hunt it down??

Thanks in advance.
hilburng

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 19, 2008

Maybe she meant Creeping Jenny instead? Lysimachia nummularia. It has yellow flowers. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/677/

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KaylyRed Watertown, WI(Zone 5a) May 19, 2008

Could the "creeping Charlie" thing be a total misnomer? The only thing I know of with that name is a hateful weed.

You mentioned succulent foliage. Could it be one of the many sedums with succulent foliage and yellow flowers?

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/63654/

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/37283/

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KaylyRed Watertown, WI(Zone 5a) May 19, 2008

Doing a search, I did see moneywort referred to as "creeping Charlie." It doesn't have succulent foliage, but maybe ecrane3 is on to something!

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 19, 2008

There are also a couple things that go by the name creeping charlie--there's Glechoma hederacea which is the obnoxious weed, but Plectranthus verticillatus also goes by that name (doesn't fit this description however), and there may be others as well

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growgirl59 Saint Louis, MO May 19, 2008

The succulent leaves makes me think of stonecrest sedum.

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hilburng Greenville, NC May 23, 2008

Thank you for all your help. So far I haven't found it but when I do I'll send to you.
hilbung

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