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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

Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

Zone 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Showing 18 plants (filtered)

Atropurpurea Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Ajuga Giant Bronze

Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

Asarum

Asarum spp.

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Fern-leaf Corydalis

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Creeping Phlox 'Scarlet Flame'

Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'

Brunii Draba

Draba bruniifolia

Hen and Chicks

Sempervivum tectorum

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Hosta Blue Angel

Hosta 'Blue Angel'

Ice Plant

Delosperma floribundum

Golden Deadnettle

Lamium aureum

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope muscari

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

Saxifrage

Saxifraga × arendsii

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Woolly Thyme

Thymus pseudolanuginosus

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