Groundcovers
Groundcovers are low growing, spreading plants that can be used to fill in spaces, retain slopes, and line paths. Groundcovers can also act as living mulch, forming a dense mat that weed seeds can’t penetrate. They can help to cool the soil around other plants and can help to visually connect garden areas.
Groundcovers are great alternatives to turfgrass in difficult conditions; many are extremely tough and will thrive where other plants fail.
BETWEEN STONES
(tolerate some foot traffic)
Creeping Thyme
Irish and Scotch Moss
Bugleweed
Blue Star Creeper
Stonecrop (low-growing varieties)
Creeping Speedwell
Ivy
FULL SUN
Snow-in-Summer
Creeping Thyme
SUN/PARTIAL SUN
Irish and Scotch Moss
Hens and Chicks
Creeping Speedwell
Stonecrop
PARTIAL SUN/SHADE
Bugleweed
Creeping Jenny
Japanese Spurge
Creeping Lamium
Periwinkle
Sweet Woodruff
DROUGHT TOLERANT
Hens and Chicks
Stonecrop
Creeping Thyme
Snow-in-Summer
Periwinkle
Japanese Spurge
MOISTURE TOLERANT
Bugleweed
Periwinkle
Creeping Jenny
Sweet Woodruff
GROUNDCOVERS FOR SLOPES
Stonecrop
Periwinkle
Snow-in-Summer
TOUGH AS NAILS
These groundcovers are extremely vigorous growers; they will survive almost any soil, quickly covering flat and sloped ground. If you decide to use them, plant with caution as they can be invasive.
Chameleon Plant (full to part sun)
Goutweed (part to full shade)
Ivy (part shade to full sun)
Lily-of-the-Valley (part to full shade)
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