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
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Creeping Charlie
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'
Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'
Creeping Thyme Variegatus
Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
Ice Plant
Delosperma
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)
Elfin Thyme
Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'
Evergreen Sedum Coral Carpet
Sedum spathulifolium 'Coral Carpet'
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Graptosedum 'Opalina'
Graptosedum paraguayense × Sedum
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Baby Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii
Houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Ice Plant
Delosperma nubigenum
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
Golden Deadnettle
Lamium aureum
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Lamium spp.
Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Rosemary Prostrata
Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'
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
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Variegated Oregano
Origanum vulgare 'Variegatum'
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Wood Sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
Woolly Thyme
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
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