Blue Star Creeper (Laurentia fluvilatilis),
dl - Zone 4-5, WI
23 years ago
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Blue Star Creeper
Comments (1)It says its a matting ground cover so it could kill the grass I think.Personally I hate grass, its the worst weed there is. LOL I looked it up and I found this link,I hope it helps. cyn Here is a link that might be useful: blue star...See MoreBlue Star Creeper questions
Comments (4)Blue Star spreads by rhizomes and one of the easiest to propagate and obvioulsy it likes the mositure, not too wet that it gets now, possibly because of the lawn watering so you may nto be able to cut back on the watering. For repacement of the lawn area that it has overtaken I can see no option of ridding of the grass without disturbing the creeper so you might want to dig up the plants and pot to baby and then sufficate the lawn either with cardboard or other means and then replant the creeper. The following link shows how to propagate plants that spread by rhizomes. Here is a link that might be useful: Propagating Perennials...See MoreBlue Star Creeper
Comments (2)Hello over there in Zone 8! Thank you for taking the time to answer me. This particular plant has been the ONLY plant (in 10+ years) that I've been able to grow sucessfully between those darned stepping stones! I've heard it is invasive, but given my circumstances, I guess I NEED invasive. In fact, when I heard it was invasive, I promptly purchased them! I've read your page, and you sound true blue to your specialty! Thanks Again, Janet...See MoreDifference between Laurentia and Amsonia
Comments (1)These are not the same plants. Try to focus on the botanical name, and not the "common" names. Someone in say, Michigan (this is an example) could have been the first to call Amsonia "BLue Star". Someone 20 years earlier could have called Laurentia "blue star creeper" down in Georgia. So normally, common names have nothing to do with the origin of the plant. Laurentia does not look like amsonia. Laurentia is a low growing, flat creeping plant. For the most part, the one more commonly found has roundish leaves. However, laurentia axillaris has narrow leaves, but they are toothed. Here's a nice photo to show how short laurentia is: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.robsplants.com/images/portrait/Laurentia040725.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.robsplants.com/plants/LaureAxill.php&h=458&w=502&sz=44&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=G0ttjpii8l0fOM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLaurentia%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN Amsonia is much more "shrubby" in form. Here's a link to the amsonia, scroll down to see it growing. http://www.robsplants.com/plants/LaureAxill.php Laurentia is a member of the campanulaceae family, while amsonia is an apocynaceae Hopefully, this helps you! Robs Plants is a terrific place to look up various perennials and to see them actually growing in someones garden!! GGG...See MoreCarolyn Hart
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