A waterfall of foliage

At the Enid A. Haupt Garden of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington , D.C. , ‘ Silver Falls ’ dichondra ( Dichondra argentea‘Silver Falls ’ , USDA Hardiness Zones 10 - 11 ) pour forth over a bulwark , create a mainsheet of gleam ash gray . This attender plant is a popular spiller in container conception , but is also effective drape from high places in a garden . It prefers full sun and well - debilitate land , and will get several metrical foot in one time of year .

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