Ahhh, Renaldo? Waterperry Blue is a veronica...a creeping one (veronica peduncularis). I have that one, too, and it's a beautiful little thing, but doesn't fill in the space like this one does. This is a pass-along plant from a friend, and I never did have a name for it, other than creeping veronica. I think it might be one called veronica prostrata Heavenly Blue.
Cowboy, thanks! I really like it too, more every year. Can't wait to see how big it is this year in its leap year.
About the Little Aurora...I bought this one as Golden Prayers, which it obviously is not. It's taken years in the chicken yard to get this size. It's in a spot where the sun comes through mid-day, and the poor little thing burns up most years. Last summer with all the rain we had, it didn't dry up, but looked melted out. I took all the leaves off it, it was so ugly. We'll see what happens with it this year.
Pia, I agree that the white centered plants are hard to place. I have this one surrounded by some less boldly colored hostas, and ground cover. Heres' a pic from 2008.
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White Christmas is growing next to Little Aurora, and I think it likes all the light it gets in that spot. This came in a secret trade a number of years ago, from Gary in Wisconsin.
Are ya out there, Gary? Here's your little plant all grown up!
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If you stand on the path near Little Aurora and White Christmas, and then look past them, this is what you see. I'm kind of wondering what I was thinking when I put Garden Party next to Gold Regal. They make a great pair, but they're constantly shoving one another aside for room. Then off to the left is Squash Casserole. I took at least a third of this plant off in 2008 to share, and it seems it didn't reduce the size one bit.
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