On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 05:57:37 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

Is a thorny thicket the same as a ground cover? Afraid not.

A spiny shrub that flops over is not a groundcover.

Hermine is tripping again.
in terms of what the plant does garden-wise, certain Crow-Of-Thorns,
under rather ideal conditions, will cover the ground very thickly.
When i first moved to California, I just happened to live a short
distance from Abbey Gardens, and they did a nice planting of
Crown-of-Thorns. at first they were neat and bushy, but in short order
they grew together to form quite a thicket. they literally covered the
ground. Now, if you are going to be stuffy and insist that their is an
official list of "ground covers"----and many people who do not think
out of the box, well, they do think this way, they can say it is not
so. NEVERTHELESS, anyone who has seen rampant growth of prostrate and
entangled Crown Of Thorns, would have to say, if asked, is the ground
covered with this plant? well, they would have to say YES.

unlike yoursef, i actually can trip the light fantastic, i assume that
is the trip to which you refer, Manteca.

hermine