Groundlings, or, Standing Room Only

With very little money but an itch to see the newest play by that fellow Shakespeare, you would have purchased a ticket to stand in back with the other "groundlings" hoping to see and hear well enough to enjoy the show. In my garden, in spaces too small or narrow to do anything but stand and look, groundlings hug the dirt, adding color, charm and generally cleaning up the view as I pass from my car to the backyard.



These are not the "steppables" marketed as so by Armstrong Nurseries. They are shade tolerant, creeping and awfully pretty when they flower. Shown here are Lamium, Australian Violets, Nasturtium.