Last year, I discovered Prostrate Vervain when it was growing in the newly seeded grass around the garage. At first, I pulled it because it wasn't grass. Then I decided to get an ID. Ah, native to the U.S., so I gladly left it alone. It would make a nice textured ground cover among the grasses.

This year, I found out it is kind of lively, popping up in places where it wasn't before. For the most part it is left alone because native plants feed native insects. The only ones that get pulled are within the produce gardens.

This plant seems to do equally well in wet or dry soils and sun or part shade. We have clay soil here and that hasn't slowed this down.

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