Mark or Travis wrote:

"Pam" wrote in message

Iris Cohen wrote:

Of all the things you have growing in your garden(s) which could you
not live without?

Lithodora 'Grace Ward.'

Amazing the various likes and dislikes.....this is one plant I would NOT
have in my garden. :-))

Why?

For similar reasons paghat mentioned - it may be our damp winters, but it does
die out in the center despite how well it is sheared back, leaving a donut of
foliage around a black center. I find the blue flowers garish and the plant
overused in our area - every rockery (and there are scores in the
Ballard/Phinney/Queen Anne area) has at least one screaming blue lithodora
spilling over it. There are so many superior groundcover and rockery plants
available here - I wish folks would use a little more creativity. My fellow
nursery workers consider it a bit of a joke plant.........

Iris, this is not intended to be a slam of your choice - just my personal
feelings for the plant. Hopefully lithodora responds more favorably in your
climate and I realize that in your zone you do not have the range of options
we do here.

pam - gardengal