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
Bishop's Weed
Aegopodium podagraria
Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Bugleweed
Ajuga reptans
Chickweed
Stellaria media
Creeping Charlie
Glechoma hederacea
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Dead Nettle
Lamium album
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'
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Lamb's Ear
Stachys byzantina
Golden Deadnettle
Lamium aureum
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Lamium spp.
Moneywort
Lysimachia nummularia
Sedum
Sedum spp.
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
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Wood Sorrel
Oxalis acetosella
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