Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Lamium spp.
Dead Nettle Silverteppich
Lamium maculatum 'Silverteppich'
Lamium Pink Pewter
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
White Nancy Lamium
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Lily of the Valley
Convallaria majalis
Liriope
Liriope muscari
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Liriope muscari
Liriope Monroe White
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Variegated Lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Lowbush Cranberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
Lungwort
Pulmonaria
Lungwort 'Mrs. Moon'
Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon'
Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
Lysimachia spp.
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Creeping Mahonia
Mahonia repens
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum dilatatum
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Ornamental Grasses
Poaceae (family)
Ornamental Juniper Gold Coast
Juniperus horizontalis 'Gold Coast'
Ornamental Juniper
Juniperus spp.
Pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
Perennial Candytuft
Iberis sempervirens
Petunia Grandiflora Cascadias
Petunia × hybrida 'Cascadia'
Petunia Wave
Petunia × hybrida 'Wave'
Pfitzer Juniper 'Old Gold'
Juniperus ×pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
Philodendron
Philodendron spp.
Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria Coral Spring
Pulmonaria × 'Coral Spring'
Pulmonaria Silver Streamers
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Silver Streamers'
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Sissinghurst White'
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Rock Cress
Arabis alpina
Rock Soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides
Rosemary Prostrata
Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'
Saxifrage
Saxifraga × arendsii
Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Scaevola
Scaevola aemula
Scaevola Blue Fan
Scaevola aemula 'Blue Fan'
Scaevola Bombay Blue
Scaevola aemula 'Bombay Blue'
Scaevola Pink Fan
Scaevola aemula 'Pink Fan'
Sedge Black Mondo
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Evergold Sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Sedum
Sedum spp.
Sedum Coral Carpet
Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora'
Dragon's Blood Sedum
Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Sedum spp.
Sedum Sunsparkler
Sedum × 'Sunsparkler'
Cobweb Houseleek
Sempervivum arachnoideum
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