" The State of Connecticut officially made Ground Ivy an outlaw, banning its cultivation in 2004. They were, of course, a bit late -- the tiny creeping mint came over with the first colonists who used it to make medicine and ale. ... Green Man Botanicals Holy Basil Tincture...
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English Ivy, or Hedera helix, is a hardy evergreen climbing vine or used as a groundcover that has dark green, glossy leaves. English Ivy grows 6 - 8 inches when used as a ground cover and can climb to 9 feet as a vine.
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Providing botanical, folk-lore and herbal information, plus organic herbs, and herbal products. ... Green (Universal Herbal, 1832) tells us that Ground Ivy expels the plants which grow near it, and in consequence impoverishes pastures. Cattle seem in general to avoid it, though Linnaeus says that sheep eat it;
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Ground ivy is a creeping European perennial evergreen, naturalized in North America and found in moist shady areas, along paths, around hedges, and roadsides from Ontario to deep south, west to Kansas, and along the Pacific Coast. ... The leaves are heart shaped, opposite, scalloped, and dark green, sometimes tinted purple.
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A background of green ground cover. ... Description: A background of green ground cover. Keywords:; cover creeper creeping evergreen foliage green greenery ground ivy landscaping leaves low lush maintenance ornamental plant spreading vegetation;
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The color of creeping charlie's leaves also varies, from dark green to purple (note how purple its leaves are in the picture on Page 2). The funnel-shaped flowers of ground ivy have a bluish-purple color, and the plant spreads to form a dense mat over the ground.
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Common Name: ground ivy, creeping charlie, gill-over-the-ground, robin-runaway see ground ivy; Scientific Name: Glechoma hederacea L. Family Name: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) - Mint Family ... life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping stems...
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Leaves of ground ivy are opposite, round to kidney shaped, and 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. They may be smooth or hairy, medium to dark green, have long petioles and a rounded, toothed margin. They produce a minty odor when crushed.
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