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Native Ground Covers

Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.

Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass
Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade
Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)
Zone 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Atropurpurea Bugleweed

Atropurpurea Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Ajuga Giant Bronze

Ajuga Giant Bronze

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

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Arabian Jasmine

Jasminum sambac

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Asarum

Asarum spp.

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Fern-leaf Corydalis

Fern-leaf Corydalis

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Cranberry 'Ben Lear'

Cranberry 'Ben Lear'

Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Ben Lear'

Creeping Phlox 'Scarlet Flame'

Creeping Phlox 'Scarlet Flame'

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Brunii Draba

Brunii Draba

Draba bruniifolia

Hen and Chicks

Hen and Chicks

Sempervivum tectorum

English Ivy

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Hosta Blue Angel

Hosta Blue Angel

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Ice Plant

Ice Plant

Delosperma floribundum

Golden Deadnettle

Golden Deadnettle

Lamium aureum

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope muscari

Variegated Lilyturf

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Rosemary Prostrata

Rosemary Prostrata

Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'

Saxifrage

Saxifrage

Saxifraga × arendsii

Sedge Black Mondo

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Senecio

Senecio

Senecio species

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Woolly Thyme

Woolly Thyme

Thymus pseudolanuginosus

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