Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Creeping Phlox 'Scarlet Flame'
Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
Creeping Thyme Variegatus
Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'
Creeping Veronica
Veronica repens
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
Ice Plant
Delosperma
Dichondra
Dichondra repens
Dogwood
Cornus spp.
Brunii Draba
Draba bruniifolia
Drought-tolerant Sedums
Sedum spp.
Dragon's Blood Sedum
Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'
October Daphne Sedum
Sedum sieboldii 'October Daphne'
Hen and Chicks
Sempervivum tectorum
Dwarf Sedum
Sedum spp. (dwarf cultivars)
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis var. mini (Eleocharis mini)
English Ivy
Hedera helix
Epimedium
Epimedium spp.
Sagittate Epimedium
Epimedium sagittatum
Snow Epimedium
Epimedium youngianum 'Niveum'
Evergreen Sedum Coral Carpet
Sedum spathulifolium 'Coral Carpet'
Fan Flower 'White'
Scaevola aemula 'White'
Fittonia Pink Star
Fittonia albivenis 'Pink Star'
Foamflower
Tiarella polyphylla
Galax
Galax urceolata
Hardy Geranium
Geranium sanguineum, G. himalayense, G. clarkei, and related species
Graptosedum 'Opalina'
Graptosedum paraguayense × Sedum
Creeping Hakea
Hakea prostrata
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Hebe
Hebe spp.
Baby Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Heuchera Pewter Moon
Heuchera micrantha 'Pewter Moon'
Hosta Blue Angel
Hosta 'Blue Angel'
Wavy-leaf Hosta
Hosta undulata
Ice Plant
Delosperma floribundum
Ice Plant
Delosperma nubigenum
Ivy
Hedera helix
Japanese Spurge
Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese Spurge Silveredge
Pachysandra terminalis 'Silveredge'
Juniper
Juniperus species
Juniper Savin
Juniperus sabina
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
Lamb's Ear Silver Carpet
Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet'
Lamium
Lamium maculatum
Golden Deadnettle
Lamium aureum
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