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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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Ajuga Black Scallop

Ajuga Black Scallop

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

Ajuga Braunherz

Ajuga Braunherz

Ajuga reptans 'Braunherz'

Ajuga Chocolate Chip

Ajuga Chocolate Chip

Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'

Ajuga Multicolor

Ajuga Multicolor

Ajuga reptans 'Multicolor'

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Bee Balm Pink

Monarda didyma

Bellis Daisy Carpet Mixed

Bellis Daisy Carpet Mixed

Bellis perennis

Nodding Beggar-ticks

Nodding Beggar-ticks

Bidens ferulifolia

Campanula

Campanula

Campanula species

Candytuft

Candytuft

Iberis sempervirens

Creeping Thyme Variegatus

Creeping Thyme Variegatus

Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'

Cucumber

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

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Dead Nettle

Lamium album

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Delosperma

Delosperma cooperi

Dichondra

Dichondra

Dichondra repens

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Euphorbia

Euphorbia spp.

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Lysimachia (Loosestrife)

Lysimachia spp.

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Mazus

Mazus reptans

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Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers

Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)

Petunia Wave

Petunia Wave

Petunia × hybrida 'Wave'

Redwood Sorrel

Redwood Sorrel

Oxalis oregana

Strawberry Begonia

Strawberry Begonia

Saxifraga stolonifera

Tiarella

Tiarella

Tiarella polyphylla

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Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

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Veronica

Veronica spp.

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