Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Bamboo, Golden Striped
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Carex
Carex spp.
Foothill Sedge
Carex tumulicola
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
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)
Evergreen Sedum Coral Carpet
Sedum spathulifolium 'Coral Carpet'
Graptosedum 'Opalina'
Graptosedum paraguayense × Sedum
Ice Plant
Delosperma nubigenum
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
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Ornamental Grasses
Poaceae (family)
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 Sunsparkler
Sedum × 'Sunsparkler'
Cobweb Houseleek
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Sempervivum 'Fire'
Sempervivum tectorum 'Fire'
Stonecrop Coral Carpet
Sedum spurium 'Coral Carpet'
Tricolor Sedum
Sedum spurium
White Dutch Clover
Trifolium repens
White Winter Wheat
Triticum aestivum
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