Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Jasminum sambac
Asarum
Asarum spp.
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Baby's Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Bamboo, Golden Striped
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
Carex
Carex spp.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Creeping Charlie
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Fig
Ficus pumila
Creeping Myrtle
Vinca minor
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
Creeping Thyme Variegatus
Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
Dichondra
Dichondra repens
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis var. mini (Eleocharis mini)
Elfin Thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'
English Ivy
Hedera helix
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Baby Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Ivy
Hedera helix
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
Golden Deadnettle
Lamium aureum
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Lamium spp.
Liriope
Liriope muscari
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Liriope muscari
Liriope Monroe White
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Lilyturf
Liriope muscari
Variegated Lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon japonicus
Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Ornamental Grasses
Poaceae (family)
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Rosemary Prostrata
Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'
Sedge Black Mondo
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Evergold Sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Variegated Ivy
Hedera helix var. variegata
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