List: I said earlier that crepe myrtle and cedar trees were good signs for small family cemeteries...I don't know what I was thinking, but it should not have been crepe myrtle. A kind lister corrected me on tha! I meant some sort of ivy/ground cover that is green year round. Can anyone tell us what the name of that sort of ground cover I am thinking of? Craig Kilby

I believe that the evergreen ground cover that you are thinking of is Vinca minor also known as Periwinkle. It is/was very common in old graveyards and cemeteries. As a matter of fact, a patch of periwinkle growing out in the middle of nowhere is often a sign that there may be some graves somewhere. The Crape myrtle tree aka Lagerstroemia indica has also been a popular cemetery tree in the south. But it is not evergreen. It does have, however, a beautiful bark that is lovely year round and the flowers, which come in a range of colors from various shades of red and pink to white and lavender, are very fetching in the late summer.The hardiness zone for Crape myrtle is from zone 7 to 9. Deane F. Mills York County, VA > List: > > I said earlier that crepe myrtle and cedar trees were good signs for small > family cemeteries...I don't know what I was thinking, but it should not have > been crepe myrtle. A kind lister corrected me on tha! I meant some sort of > ivy/ground cover that is green year round. Can anyone tell us what the name > of that sort of ground cover I am thinking of? > > Craig Kilby > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >