Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Asarum spp.
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Baby's Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Lowbush Blueberry Augusta
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Augusta'
Blueberry, Lowbush Ivanhoe
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Ivanhoe'
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
California Lilac
Ceanothus
California Lilac
Ceanothus spp.
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Cholla
Cylindropuntia spp.
Cloudberry
Rubus chamaemorus
Cranberry 'Ben Lear'
Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Ben Lear'
Creeping Charlie
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster adpressus
Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping Juniper 'Bar Harbor'
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Creeping Juniper Wiltonii
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
Creeping Thyme Variegatus
Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
Dogwood
Cornus spp.
Elfin Thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'
Emerald Gaiety Euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Galax
Galax urceolata
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Hakea
Hakea prostrata
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Hebe
Hebe spp.
Baby Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Juniper
Juniperus species
Juniper Savin
Juniperus sabina
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
Golden Deadnettle
Lamium aureum
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Lamium spp.
Lowbush Cranberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
Creeping Mahonia
Mahonia repens
Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia
Ornamental Juniper Gold Coast
Juniperus horizontalis 'Gold Coast'
Ornamental Juniper
Juniperus spp.
Pfitzer Juniper 'Old Gold'
Juniperus ×pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
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