Groundcover

Low-growing plants for those areas that need a foliage cover; a great alternative for non-turf areas.

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Ajuga reptans Common Name: Ajuga bronze Bronze ajuga is known as the fastest spreading variety of ajuga. Its wrinkled foliage is reddish bronze, with some greening that occurs during hot weather. As a luxurious groundcover, its dense spreading mat is perfect along walkways, under trees or... [ More Information ]

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Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip' Common Name: Ajuga Chocolate Chip 'Chocolate Chip', with its mix of green and dark purple/brownish narrow foliage, provides solutions to a variety of landscape challenges. It can be planted en masse, or between rocks, under trees, or on a slope. Its tight mat of unwrinkled foliage ... [ More Information ]

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Bulbine frutescens Common Name: Bulbine 'Tiny Tangerine' A shrubby, succulent plant that spreads by rhizomes (underground stems), creating low, wide-spreading clumps. Its cylindrical, fleshy leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, usually upright to slightly spreading on the plant. The individual flowers are about ... [ More Information ]

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Bulbine frutescens Common Name: Bulbine Orange A shrubby, succulent plant that spreads by rhizomes (underground stems), creating low, wide-spreading clumps. Its cylindrical, fleshy leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, usually upright to slightly spreading on the plant. The individual flowers are about ... [ More Information ]

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Catharanthus roseus 'Cora® Cascade Peach Blush' Common Name: Vinca Cora® Cascade Peach Blush [ More Information ]

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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Common Name: Hardy Blue Plumbago Hardy Blue Plumbago carpets an area with thick green leaves in spring, then cerulean blue flowers in summer and burgundy leaves in fall. The blue flowers are profuse, and the plant is tolerant of both shade and sun. The plant remains low-growing an... [ More Information ]

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Cotoneaster horizontalis Common Name: Cotoneaster Rockspray Rockspray cotoneaster is a valuable landscape plant which offerers good foliage, flowers and fruit.It provides shelter for small birds. Mass as a woody ground cover for sunny areas in the landscape including banks or slopes where it can also provide ... [ More Information ]

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Delosperma floribundum Common Name: Starburst Ice Plant The variety produces large purplish, daisy-like flowers with a white center and yellow eye. Orchid-pink blooms with white centers from early summer to frost. Starburst ice plant is a clumping ice plant that produces a dome of bright pink flowers wit... [ More Information ]

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Dietes iridioides Common Name: Iris Iridioides Exotic white flowers with yellow and purple-blue accents resemble a miniature bearded iris and give this bloom the look of a butterfly. Sword-like, leathery leaves reach skyward in upright fan-shaped clumps that grow up to 4 feet wide. Each bloom la... [ More Information ]

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Dietes iridioides 'Morea' Common Name: Iris 'Morea' Narrow leathery blades of foliage surround the delicate butterfly-like blooms of the Morea Iris. The somewhat flat blooms are a symphony of color--soft white, gold and lilac. Although each bloom lasts only one day, the plant replenishes them quickl... [ More Information ]

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Euonymus fortunei Common Name: Euonymus Coloratus Euonymus Coloratus is used primarily as a semi-prostrate groundcover or as an accent to container gardens. Being low maintenance makes it perfect for large area coverage, hillsides and areas not easily accessed for care. With its deep green summer ... [ More Information ]

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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' Common Name: Euonymus Emerald Gaiety (Wintercreeper) [ More Information ]

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Ficus pumila Common Name: Creeping Fig Fig ivy has a wonderful creeping habit. With its small heart-shaped leaves, it easily clings to brick walls or other surfaces and can be used in wire topiaries. [ More Information ]

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Genista pilosa 'Gold Flash' Common Name: Gold Flash Creeping Broom [ More Information ]

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Glechoma hederacea Common Name: Creeping Charlie [ More Information ]

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Hedera helix Common Name: English Ivy [ More Information ]

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Hemerocallis 'Aztec Gold' Common Name: Daylily 'Aztec Gold' Daylilies produce an abundance of flowers which open over a long period of time.Daylilies make beautiful cut flower bouquets. Your Daylily will grow to form a very large clump in a matter of just a few years. A well established clump may produce as m... [ More Information ]

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Hemerocallis 'Dark Orange' Common Name: Daylily 'Dark Orange' Daylilies produce an abundance of flowers which open over a long period of time.Daylilies make beautiful cut flower bouquets. Your Daylily will grow to form a very large clump in a matter of just a few years. A well established clump may produce as m... [ More Information ]

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Hemerocallis 'Lavender Dew' Common Name: Daylily 'Lavender Dew' 'Lavender Dew' is an extendedbloomer with pale lavender ruffled blooms. Daylilies produce an abundance of flowers which open over a long period of time.Daylilies make beautiful cut flower bouquets. Your Daylily will grow to form a very large clump i... [ More Information ]

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Hosta 'So Sweet' Common Name: Hosta So Sweet 'So Sweet' Hosta's glossy green leaves are elongated heart shapes with significant yellow margins that turn to ivory. In August, white/pale lavender flowers ascend from the plant's hardy clump of glossy leaves and scent the garden with their sweet f... [ More Information ]

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Hosta 'Wide Brim' Common Name: Hosta Wide Brim 'Wide Brim' Hosta has deep teal centers with wide curvy margins dominating the edges with yellow. One of the most striking of hostas, it displays pale lavender flowers from July to August. [ More Information ]

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Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor' Common Name: Juniper 'Bar Harbor' Bar Harbor Juniper creeps energetically atop the soil, making it a perfect ground cover or camouflage for an ugly slope. Summer foliage is gray-green, with winter color being slate. [ More Information ]

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Lantana camara Common Name: Lantana Camara Camara is a pastel rainbow of white, pale yellow, peach, lilac and pink. The flower clusters are attractive to butterflies and an essential for the butterfly garden. The rough wrinkled leaves are deep green and balance the delicate blooms with text... [ More Information ]

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Lantana camara 'Confetti' Common Name: Lantana Confetti 'Confetti' is a shrub lantana with a color trio of yellow, pink and red/purple hues. Beautiful easily maintained borders of lantana attract butterflies to the garden for even more color. [ More Information ]

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Lantana camara 'New Gold' Common Name: Lantana New Gold 'New Gold' is an energetic bloomer with bright gold flowers and no berries. Its spreading nature makes it perfect as a border, groundcover or accent. [ More Information ]

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Liriope muscari Common Name: Liriope Big Blue Big Blue Liriope is a low maintenance groundcover with grassy foliage. In summer, profuse blue flower spikes appear above the green arching blades followed by blue-black berries. Big Blue is an excellent border or edging plant for areas with part s... [ More Information ]

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Liriope muscari Common Name: Liriope Aztec Dense clumps of green thin blades reach upward, then curve towards the ground. The thick clumps spread by underground rhizomes, making it the perfect choice to fill in an island planting. The variegated leaves are pale green and white, with attracti... [ More Information ]

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Liriope muscari Common Name: Liriope Evergreen Giant Evergreen Giant Liriope is a tall clumping grass-like plant suitable for borders, islands, or mass plantings. Its fountain-like growth habit is especially attractive when the plant produces pale lilac flower spikes in summer and into fall. Individu... [ More Information ]

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Liriope muscari 'Emerald Goddess' Common Name: Liriope Giant Emerald Goddess Emerald Goddess liriope is faster growing than Evergreen Giant and has showier flowers. The deep green grassy leaves remain dark through winter, and the plant is crown rot resistant. Plant replacement is minimal due to its high resistance to fungal... [ More Information ]

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Liriope muscari 'variegata' Common Name: Liriope Variegated Variegated Liriope has long grassy arching blades with ivory-lemon margins. The plant spreads slowly by rhizomes and is effective for erosion control. The central crown produces long lilac/violet-blue flower spikes in summer that complement the love... [ More Information ]

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Lysimachia nummularia Common Name: Moneywort [ More Information ]

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Nandina domestica 'Firepower' Common Name: Nandina Dwarf Firepower Dwarf Firepower Nandina is a show-stopper with bright lime green foliage in spring and spectacular neon red foliage in fall. Its brilliance lasts throughout winter and adds cheer to a dull brown winter lawn. Imagine stepping into an oriental garden w... [ More Information ]

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Ophiopogon japonicus Common Name: Mondo Grass Mondo Grass is a sod-forming grass-like plant with deep green cylindrical foliage and white flowers occuring from July through September. Mondo is often confused with liriope, which has flat bladed foliage rather than the thin cylindrical arching le... [ More Information ]

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Ophiopogon japonicus Common Name: Dwf Mondo Grass Dwarf Mondo Grass has thin cylindrical foliage, unlike liriope, which has flat blades. Dwarf Mondo has deep green sod-forming foliage and petite lilac flowers that are mostly hidden by the dense plant. [ More Information ]

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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Common Name: Virginia Creeper [ More Information ]

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Phlox subulata Common Name: Creeping Phlox Creeping phlox is a low-growing perennial with fragrant pink blossoms. Blanket an area by planting them en masse on flat land or on slopes to combat erosion. After spring bloom, pinch back the blossoms for repeat summer bloom and tighter foliage. [ More Information ]

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Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf' Common Name: 'Wheeler's Dwarf' is a slow growing dwarf pittosporum with glossy dark green leaves with a leathery feel. As a shrub, the plant mounds into a low compact form that requires little or no pruning. While the shrub does not make a good foundation plant... [ More Information ]

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Rosa 'Peach Drift®' Common Name: Rose 'Peach Drift'® As a short specimen shrub or planted en masse as a groundcover, the peach Drift® rose beautifully complements the landscape with its multi-petaled peach blooms and dark shiny leaves. [ More Information ]

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Rosa 'Red Drift®' Common Name: Rose 'Red Drift'® The tiniest of groundcover roses, the Red Drift® is also the most versatile with its abundant color from spring to frost. Small gardens, planters, hanging baskets, slope plantings, and cottage gardens all benefit from the charm of this rose that pro... [ More Information ]

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Sagina subulata Common Name: Irish Moss [ More Information ]

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Sagina subulata 'Aurea' Common Name: Scoth Moss [ More Information ]

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Sasa pygmaea Common Name: Bamboo Dwarf Dense growth crowds out weeds in open spaces beneath trees and shrubs. Though quite effective for erosion control, beware potential for invasiveness where conditions are right. [ More Information ]

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sedum reflexum Common Name: Sedum Gray Creeper [ More Information ]

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Stachys byzantina Common Name: Lambs Ear [ More Information ]

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Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Variegata' Common Name: Asian Jasmine Asian Jasmine is a thick deep green groundcover that rapidly covers a large area. The glossy green leaves form a tight mat of beauty when planted around large established trees or in huge curved beds. Dense, low growing groundcover that will ... [ More Information ]

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Trachelospermum jasminoides Common Name: Star Jasmine While often used as a groundcover, this zone 9 plant will climb withsupport. One of the best flowering vines for a shady area, Star Jasmine loves a moist soil.Perfectfor a rock garden or as a creeper between shrubs as it can stand sun or shade. Not o... [ More Information ]

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Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart' Common Name: Wandering Jew Purple heart is an excellent plant for bedding, rock gardens, and tropical effects. It also makes a good groundcover for difficult dry areas under eaves and awnings. It is a long-jointed sprawling groundcover plant with succulent stems and pointed le... [ More Information ]

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Verbena Common Name: Verbena Red Trailing red verbena mounds and cascades, making it a perfect groundcover perennial. They are the perfect selection to allow to drape over a border or wall or to use in hanging baskets or containers. [ More Information ]

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Vinca major 'Variegata' Common Name: Variegated Vinca Ground-hugging, evergreen, trailing groundcoverhas dark green leaves with yellowish-white edges.This plant grows to 18 inches and spreads indefinitely. Blue flowers appear in spring. It can be used as an annual in cold climates. It is not quite as ha... [ More Information ]

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