Native Ground Covers
Low-growing, spreading plants that carpet the ground, suppress weeds, and reduce erosion naturally.
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Bamboo, Golden Striped
Pleioblastus viridistriatus
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Lowbush Blueberry Augusta
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Augusta'
Blueberry, Lowbush Ivanhoe
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Ivanhoe'
Carex
Carex spp.
Carex Sedge
Carex spp.
Creeping Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster adpressus
Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping Juniper 'Bar Harbor'
Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
Creeping Juniper Wiltonii
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'
Dogwood
Cornus spp.
Dwarf Hairgrass
Eleocharis acicularis
Emerald Gaiety Euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Galax
Galax urceolata
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
Juniper
Juniperus species
Juniper Savin
Juniperus sabina
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Liriope
Liriope muscari
Liriope (Lilyturf)
Liriope muscari
Liriope Monroe White
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Lilyturf
Liriope muscari
Variegated Lilyturf
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Lowbush Cranberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
Creeping Mahonia
Mahonia repens
Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon japonicus
Nitrogen-Fixing Ground Covers
Various species (e.g., Trifolium repens, Medicago lupulina, Vicia sativa)
Ornamental Grasses
Poaceae (family)
Ornamental Juniper Gold Coast
Juniperus horizontalis 'Gold Coast'
Ornamental Juniper
Juniperus spp.
Pfitzer Juniper 'Old Gold'
Juniperus ×pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
Sedge Black Mondo
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Evergold Sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Trailing Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
White Clover
Trifolium repens
White Dutch Clover
Trifolium repens
White Winter Wheat
Triticum aestivum
Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Winter Heather
Erica carnea
Winter Heather Vivellii
Erica carnea 'Vivellii'
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