![]() We also carry creeping lemon and Elfin thyme. Creeping thyme comes in white flowers ( albiflorus), red flowers ( coccineus) or pink chintz with pink flowers. THYME: Creeping and wooly thymes are ground covers we like to recommend for sun. GEUM: The native Geum is a good ground cover. Dennstaedtia punctiloba and Onoclea sensibilis are both hard to find. This year we also have Frohnleiten, Rubrum, Sulphureum, Niveum, Pink Champagne, Domino and Amber Queen, which won the RHA (Royal Horticultural Award) of Merit.įERNS: Ferns can spread nicely like ground covers such as Matteuca struthiopteris (the Ostrich fern), Dennstaedtia punctiloba (Hay Scented Fern) and Onoclea sensibilis. Epimedium Spine Tingler is a cultivar that is available now. We also carry Illumination, a vinca cultivar with yellow variegated foliage and a blue flower.ĮPIMEDIUM, BARRENWORT: A less common groundcover that thrives in shade is Epimedium. VINCA: We carry Vinca minor Bowles, with the early summer blooming blue flowers and the white flowering Vinca minor. Pachysandra is considered an evergreen groundcover. Our favorite is the native one, Pachysandra procumbens. PACHYSANDRA: We carry the Japanese spurge, pachysandra terminalis. It thrives in rich garden soil, in part to full shade. An ideal ground cover around shrubs and/or as a border accent in woodland gardens. They spread stoloniferously by sending out stolons or side shoots just beneath the soil surface. It’s vigorous but not aggressive and can coexist nicely with bulbs that will come right up through it. It has small white flowers in spring through early summer. SWEET WOODRUFF (Galium odoratum): Sweet Woodruff is a lovely plant that will spread like a groundcover in your garden. Some groundcovers thrive under canopy of shade others do well in full sun. There are evergreen groundcovers that cover throughout the winter and help with erosion control. Native groundcovers require no fertilizer and only supplemental watering. They can even be an alternative to lawns. Groundcovers bring color, textural interest, plant food/shelter for insects and a great replacement for mulch. Low-growing, ground-hugging perennial plants are the best low-maintenance ground coverings.
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