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
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
California Lilac
Ceanothus
California Lilac
Ceanothus spp.
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Cholla
Cylindropuntia spp.
Creeping Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster adpressus
Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
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
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Hebe
Hebe spp.
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.
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
Rosemary Prostrata
Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Trailing Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
Variegated Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Variegatum'
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Winter Heather
Erica carnea
Winter Heather Vivellii
Erica carnea 'Vivellii'
Wood Sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
Woolly Thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
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