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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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Bamboo, Golden Striped

Bamboo, Golden Striped

Pleioblastus viridistriatus

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Carex

Carex spp.

Foothill Sedge

Foothill Sedge

Carex tumulicola

Carex Sedge

Carex Sedge

Carex spp.

Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

Liriope

Liriope

Liriope muscari

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope (Lilyturf)

Liriope muscari

Liriope Monroe White

Liriope Monroe White

Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'

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Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Variegated Lilyturf

Variegated Lilyturf

Liriope muscari 'Variegata'

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Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

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Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers

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

Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses

Poaceae (family)

Sedge Black Mondo

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

Evergold Sedge

Evergold Sedge

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

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White Clover

Trifolium repens

White Dutch Clover

White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

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White Winter Wheat

Triticum aestivum

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