Photographs: Kinsale, Co. Cork

Variegated Ground-ivy Glechoma hederaceae 'Variegata' Family: Lamiaceae Perennial. Garden escape. Small lilac-mauve flowers but grown for ornamental foliage and flowers are rarely produced. The semi-evergreen or evergreen, kidney-shaped pale-green leaves have white markings on the scalloped edges. Trailing stems, spreading to 2m. Fully hardy. A cultivated form of Ground-ivy, G. hederaceae. Widely used in gardens and towns in hanging baskets or as ground cover but a very occasional garden escape or discard.

Variegated Ground-ivy, Glechoma hederaceae 'Variegata'