Friday, October 12, 2012

Peanut Plant


A distant cousin of the edible peanut, this ornamental gives credit more to the shape of its flowers for its name. This plant is popular as groundcover in urban landscaping. They spread fast and dot the landscape with lovely yellow sparks -- like concealer makeup for the ground's face. This makes one's walks along pathways a more pleasant one.

It is low maintenance and hardy in the face of drought. Hmmm, how wonderful that they can exude such attractiveness with so little care. They are consistent, too. I have yet to come across such plants bearing other colors. They seem to have laid claim to yellow forever.