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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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Baby's Tears

Baby's Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

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Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

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Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans

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Chickweed

Stellaria media

Creeping Thyme

Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum

Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'

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Elfin Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'

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Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

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Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

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Baby Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

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Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata

Lamb's Ear

Lamb's Ear

Stachys byzantina

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Lamium (Dead Nettle)

Lamium spp.

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Moneywort

Lysimachia nummularia

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Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum

Variegated Oregano

Variegated Oregano

Origanum vulgare 'Variegatum'

Wood Sorrel

Wood Sorrel

Oxalis acetosella

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