Doesn't really look like a mint to me. Does this plant have a scent?

And if I too could pee seeds.... ;)

FataMorgana

Ya it smells like a leaf lol. Spanish thyme maybe?

I feel like I should know what this is but just cant place it....

How about a picture with a coin or pen or something in it so that we can get an idea of size?

If the plant is the size I imagine I'd say it's a Foxglove.

If the leaves are very large and fuzzy, does it have a cucumber-like flavor? That would be borage, which your picture resembles.

Do not taste for flavor until you have identified it 1,000 percent. Some plants are toxic. Does not look like borage to me. It looks more like foxglove which is not something you want to taste.

ok here are some better images.

I have to say I looked up foxglove and it sure looks like it. I will definitely not be happy because I didn't want something poisonous, oy vay!

But thanks everyone so far!

I have to agree on the foxglove id. While not what was intended, they are truly beautiful garden plants and they have a long herbal history. This was traditionally used as a heart medicine - check out the botanical name, Digitalis purpurea. Yup, "digitalis" as in the heart medicine. Original source.

FataMorgana

Thanks so much everyone! I guess this is better than an herb I wouldn't use or just a weed lol but what I really need is ground cover. I guess back to the drawing board and to getting real creeping thyme. :-)

I have to agree the foxglove is a beautiful plant when flowering. I have seen it growing in the woods of New Hampshire beneath tall pines where its bold color and odd elegance made the scattered patch seem out of place. I actually gathered its seed there to plant at home. Creeping or any thyme is great too when flowering.. bumblebees love it.

I have about 100 plants that made it from seed lol, I planted them as a border thinking the thyme would hang over the rocks. I'll have to post pics once they flower. However this year the only flowers that have bloomed are poppies, and they are just now blooming. I'm guessing because we really had no spring, winter ran very late and then it just got hot and we've had more rain days than dry days. Even our lilacs never flowered.

'I guess this is better than an herb I wouldn't use...' Please tell us that doesn't imply you intend to try and use Foxglove for anything other than admiring. As Fatamorgana says it has been used in herbal medicine but that is not a recommendation to try it yourself. Digitalis is a very powerful and potentially lethal drug.

lol oh no, I mean that at least its something that flowers and looks nice vs an herb that doesn't flower and I wouldn't use. If it were something that didn't flower I would probably take it out, but seeing as they're nice looking I'll leave them.