Native Ground Covers

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 Thyme

Thymus serpyllum

Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'

Creeping Thyme Variegatus

Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'

Dead Nettle

Lamium album

Ice Plant

Delosperma

Dichondra

Dichondra repens

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)

Elfin Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'

Evergreen Sedum Coral Carpet

Sedum spathulifolium 'Coral Carpet'

Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Graptosedum 'Opalina'

Graptosedum paraguayense × Sedum

Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Baby Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata

Ice Plant

Delosperma nubigenum

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'