Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
Showing 39 plants (filtered)
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Asarum spp.
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'
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Hakea
Hakea prostrata
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Hebe
Hebe spp.
Houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Juniper
Juniperus species
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
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'
Senecio
Senecio species
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Trailing Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
Variegated Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Variegatum'
Winter Heather Vivellii
Erica carnea 'Vivellii'
Woolly Thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
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