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GROUND COVERS

 


Barren Strawberry

Scientific Name: Waldsteinia ternata
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade

"The Barren Strawberry, `Waldsteinia ternata,' is a wonderful ground cover than grows in full sunlight to partial shade. It prefers normal to somewha... more


Beacon Silver Lamium

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lamium Beacon Silver, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful, oval leaves that are gray-green to silvery white and have greenish margins. The short s... more


Big Blue Liriope

Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Zone: '5 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Liriope Big Blue, `Liriope muscari Big Blue,' is a grass like foliage set with tall spikes of lavender blue blooms in late summer, resembling tho... more


Big Ears Lambs Ears

Scientific Name: Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Partial Sun

"The Stachys Big Ears Lamb's Ear, `Stachys byzntina Helen von Stein,' in most known for its soft, fuzzy foliage silvery green in color. It has a wond... more


Bigleaf Periwinkle

Scientific Name: Vinca major
Zone: '3 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Bigleaf Periwinkle, `Vinca major,' is shrub-like and grows to nearly a foot tall, and has trailing ascending stems up to three feet long. This p... more


Buttered Popcorn Ranunculus

Scientific Name: Ranunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn'
Zone: '3 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Buttered Popcorn, `Ranunculus repens,' is a fantastic ground cover that vigorously spreads to around four feet. It has broad, finely cut leaves ... more


Candy Stripe Phlox

Scientific Name: Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'
Zone: '2 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Phlox Candy Stripe, `Phlox subulata,' is an ideal ground cover with masses of tiny white flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. The ... more


Chameleon Plant

Scientific Name: Houttuynia cordata
Zone: '5 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade

"The Houttuynia Chameleon Plant, `Houttoynia cordata,' is one of the most commonly grown ground covers around. Its small, white flowers appear from J... more


Creeping Wirevine

Scientific Name: Muehlenbeckia
Zone: '7 - 10'
Sun: Partial Sun

"The Creeping Wire vine, `Muehlenbeckia,' is a vine with a strongly rooting habit and dense, intertwining stems. The leaves are roughly circular in s... more


Dwarf Mondo Grass

Scientific Name: Ophiopogon japonicus
Zone: '6 - 11'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Dwarf Mondo Grass, `Ophiopogon japonicus,' is closely related to the liriope. This ornamental grass can grow to four inches in height, and is al... more


Emerald Blue Phlox

Scientific Name: Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'
Zone: '2 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Phlox Emerald Blue, `Phlox subulata,' is an ideal ground cover with masses of dark blue flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. They ... more


Golden Anniversary Lamium

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Golden Anniversary'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lamium Golden Anniversary, `Lamium maculatum,' is a lovely variety that will not become invasive. The nice, pink flowers are almost eclipsed by ... more


Golden Moneywort

Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lysimachia Golden moneywort, `Lysimachia nummulatia Aurea,' is also known as Creeping Jenny. The dime sized, evergreen foliage is veined with ye... more


Goldilocks Moneywort

Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Partial Sun

"The Moneywort Goldilocks, `Lysimachia nummularia,' is also known as the Creeping Jenny. This groundcover displays trailing discs of greenish gold th... more


Green Carpet Japanese Spurge

Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Japanese Spurge Green Carpet, `Pachysandra terminalis Green Carpet,' is an old-time ground cover that will grow to six to eight inches in height.... more


Halliana Japanese Honeysuckle

Scientific Name: Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
Zone: '4 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Japanese Honeysuckle, `Halliana Lonicera japonica,' is the most widely planted of all the honeysuckles. Also known as Hall's Honeysuckle, it fea... more


Illmuniation Periwinkle

Scientific Name: Vinca minor 'Illumination'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Vinca Minor Illumination produces nearly continuous foliage changes. Spring growth begins chartreuse in color, and then will brighten to a golde... more


Japanese Spurge

Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Japanese Spurge plant, `Pachysandra terminalis,' is also commonly known as Pachysandra. This shrubby, evergreen ground cover will grow up to one... more


Liriope

Scientific Name: Liriope muscari
Zone: '5 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Liriope, `Liriope muscari,' is often called by is common name of border grass. Despite this name, it is not a member of the grass family at all,... more


Orchid Frost Lamium

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Orchard Frost'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lamium Orchid Frost, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped foliage that is bluish green in color with silvery edges. The short, spiked c... more


Oriental Limelight

Scientific Name: Artemisia Hybrid 'Oriental Limelight'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Oriental Limelight, `Artemisia Hybrid,' is a tall plant that is great in large containers. The mounding, self-branching habit makes this wonderf... more


Periwinkle

Scientific Name: Vinca minor
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Periwinkle, `Vinca minor,' is also commonly referred to as Trailing Myrtle, Dwarf Periwinkle or Creeping Myrtle. This common species of Periwink... more


Pink Pewter Lamium

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lamium Pink Pewter, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped foliage that is dark green and silvery with white centers. The short, spiked s... more


Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus

Scientific Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Sun

"The Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus, `Euonymus fortunei Coloratus,' is also known by the common names of Wintercreeper and Wintercreeper Euonymus. Thi... more


Silver Brocade

Scientific Name: Artemisia stelleriana
Zone: '3 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Artemisia Silver Brocade, `Artemisia stelleriana,' is a compact, silver-white perennial plant with a height of fifteen inches and a spread of ove... more


Silver Mound

Scientific Name: Artemisia schmidtiana
Zone: '3 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun

"The Artemisia Silver Mound, `Artemisia schmidtiana,' is a fantastic, silver-gray accent plant that is useful in nearly any garden. This non-spreader... more


Silveredge Japanese Spurge

Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis 'Silver Edge'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Japanese Spurge Silver Edge, `Pachysandra terminalis Silver Edge,' has somewhat thin, silvery white margins. It is a slower growing variegated f... more


Spicata Liriope

Scientific Name: Liriope 'Spicata'
Zone: '4 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Liriope spicata, `Liriope muscari,' is a nearly indestructible plant for stubborn areas. Liriope will gracefully fill spots where nothing else c... more


Variegated Liriope

Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Zone: '6 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Liriope Variegated, `Liriope muscari Variegata,' is also known by the name of Liriope variegated lily-turf. This is a variegated border grass, a... more


Virginia Creeper

Scientific Name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Zone: '3 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun

"The Virginia Creeper, `Parthenocissus quinquefolia,' is a fast growing and high climbing vine. It attaches itself to the climbing medium with tendri... more


White Nancy Lamium

Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun

"The Lamium White Nancy, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped, variegated silvery white foliage with greening margins. The short, spiked whi... more


Wojos Gem Periwinkle

Scientific Name: Vinca Major 'Wojo's Gem'
Zone: '7 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Sun

"The Periwinkle `Wojo's Gem,' is a new selection of trailing vinca that features creamy yellow centers edged and flecked with dark green. This plant ... more