Ground cover plants, like creeping thyme and ajuga, solve garden problems. Find the best picks for areas where grass won't grow or hillsides prone to erosion.
Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia) is a dense evergreen perennial with rounded, glossy green leaves over a spreading mat of wiry stems. It’s a very stepable and tough ground cover, fast-spreading, and low maintenance. It’s also sometimes referred to as Matted Lignum. A versatile creeper...
Snow-in-summer(Cerastium tomentosum)has silvery evergreen foliage, but the show kicks into high gear when its billowing mounds of crystalline white flowers appear in spring. This drought-tolerant groundcover plant makes a stunning accent to a stone wall, patio, orrock garden. Snow-in-summer c...
Description: Mazus, also known as cup flower, features dense green foliage and lavender, orchid-like flowers in late spring. It is a low-growing groundcover that is perfect for pathways or flower borders. Mazus grows quickly and tolerates light foot traffic. Size: Up to three inches tall an...
Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade': This low-growing, spreading variety with silvery-white foliage is ideal for ground cover or rock gardens. Tips for mass planting Artemisia: Spacing: Space plants according to their mature size, typically 1 to 3 feet apart. Soil Preparation: Ensure well-dr...
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Once they do, you can look forward not only to a glossy, deep green ground cover year-round, but a sea of beautiful pale-blue flowers every spring too! 15. Woodbine (Clematis virginiana) Climbing vines that bloom in the shade are hard to come by. It’s only natural, when you think ...
Dianthus are low-growing, almost ground-cover-like perennials and produce cascading “carpets” of tiny flowers. OurFirewitch Dianthus perennialsare the very first flowers we see in the spring. They continue blooming throughout the spring and then again in the fall. ...
Lamb’s-ear gets its moniker from its soft, fuzzy, silver-green foliage, which resembles a real lamb’s ear. The low-growing perennial is often used as a border plant or ground cover, and it bursts with spikes of pink-purple flowers in the spring. In addition to requiring little mainten...
Glossy leaves of deep green, bronze and chocolate-brown make this perennial a great low-growing, low-maintenance ground cover. In summer months, little spikes of blue, purple, pink or white flowers will appear. Ajuga spreads rapidly, tolerating shade or sun. Zones: 4 to 9 Sun exposure: ...