Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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White Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans 'Alba'
Ajuga Black Scallop
Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'
Ajuga Braunherz
Ajuga reptans 'Braunherz'
Ajuga Chocolate Chip
Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'
Ajuga Multicolor
Ajuga reptans 'Multicolor'
Androsace sarmentosa
Androsace sarmentosa
Armeria (Thrift)
Armeria maritima
Bee Balm Pink
Monarda didyma
Bellis Daisy Carpet Mixed
Bellis perennis
Nodding Beggar-ticks
Bidens ferulifolia
Campanula
Campanula species
Candytuft
Iberis sempervirens
Candytuft Alexander's White
Iberis sempervirens 'Alexander's White'
Candytuft Purity
Iberis sempervirens 'Purity'
Candytuft Snow White
Iberis sempervirens 'Snowflake'
Creeping Thyme Variegatus
Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
Delosperma
Delosperma cooperi
Ice Plant
Delosperma
Dichondra
Dichondra repens
Euphorbia
Euphorbia spp.
Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
Lysimachia spp.
Mazus
Mazus reptans
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Petunia Grandiflora Cascadias
Petunia × hybrida 'Cascadia'
Petunia Wave
Petunia × hybrida 'Wave'
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Rock Cress
Arabis alpina
Rock Soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
Strawberry Begonia
Saxifraga stolonifera
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Sedum spp.
Sutera
Sutera cordata (formerly Bacopa monnieri)
Sweet Alyssum
Lobularia maritima
Tiarella
Tiarella polyphylla
Trailing Petunia Surfinia Purple
Petunia × hybrida 'Surfinia Purple'
Trailing Verbena
Verbena × hybrida
Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Veronica
Veronica spp.
White Dutch Clover
Trifolium repens
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