Cymbalaria Muralis

I now have a name for the plant on our front drive. My mum had kept a photo of it with it’s name. Thank you Mum.

Cymbalaria Muralis

When I tried to find my previous post about this I discovered that it wasn’t last year but the year before. How time flies!

Jenny said she thought it could be ground ivy. I googled ground ivy and that is something different but I can see why she thought it might be that. The leaves are ivy shaped and it has a long list of common names, a lot of which, have ivy in them. The flowers are like tiny snap dragons.

The list of common names are:

ivy leaved toadflax, kenilworth ivy, coliseum ivy, oxford ivy, mother of thousands, pennywort and wandering sailor.

Whew, what a lot of common names!

It is native to mediterranean europe.

It just appeared on our drive two years ago and has now spread the length of the drive. The drive is gravel and only gets water when it rains but the plant seems happy with these harsh conditions.

We are happy to have it on our drive and have transplanted bits of it to other parts of the garden. I love a hardy but pretty, free, plant.