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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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Baby's Tears

Baby's Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

Bamboo, Golden Striped

Bamboo, Golden Striped

Pleioblastus viridistriatus

Foothill Sedge

Foothill Sedge

Carex tumulicola

Dichondra

Dichondra

Dichondra repens

Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf Hairgrass

Eleocharis acicularis

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Baby Tears

Soleirolia soleirolii

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Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata

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

Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses

Poaceae (family)

Rosemary Prostrata

Rosemary Prostrata

Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'

Sedge Black Mondo

Sedge Black Mondo

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'

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