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  I Like Ground Covers (I bet you've already noticed that) My third ground cover is just beginning to bloom. It's the silver stuff with the white flowers behind the phlox and ajuga. It's Snow-In-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum). I planted it from seed years ago to bloom with the poppies. The plan has been marginally successful. Most years the poppies are finished before it's in full color. Just like with all the ground covers I have , this one is mass planted in the rockwall garden and it was chosen (as all the others were) because it looks good even when it's not in flower. Good foliage is very important because they only flower for about two weeks. It is not in full bloom yet, but when it is, it will look pure white like a big mound of snow. At about the same time the white blooms, this yellow sedum (my 4th ground cover planting) will also be in full flower. This is one I don't yet have enough of. It's a very well behaved sedum ground cover unlike the white-f...