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Native Ground Covers

Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.

Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass
Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade
Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)
Zone 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Asarum

Asarum spp.

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Bishop's Weed

Aegopodium podagraria

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Bugle

Ajuga reptans

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Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans

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Chickweed

Stellaria media

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Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Creeping Thyme

Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum

Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

Creeping Thyme 'Pink Chintz'

Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'

Creeping Thyme Variegatus

Creeping Thyme Variegatus

Thymus praecox 'Variegatus'

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Dead Nettle

Lamium album

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Elfin Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'

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Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

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Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

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Houttuynia

Houttuynia cordata

Lamb's Ear

Lamb's Ear

Stachys byzantina

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Lamium (Dead Nettle)

Lamium spp.

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Moneywort

Lysimachia nummularia

Redwood Sorrel

Redwood Sorrel

Oxalis oregana

Rosemary Prostrata

Rosemary Prostrata

Salvia rosmarinus 'Prostrata'

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Sweet Woodruff

Galium odoratum

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Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Variegated Oregano

Variegated Oregano

Origanum vulgare 'Variegatum'

Woolly Thyme

Woolly Thyme

Thymus pseudolanuginosus

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