Ground Covers
Ground covers can be used to smother weeds, fill in areas under trees, stabilize hillsides, soften the edges of pathways and reduce evaporation. Showcased here are commonly available shade- and sun-tolerant plants.
Ground Cover/Dwarf Conifer Plant List
| # | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Common Name | Tree | Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajuga reptans | 'Black Scallop' | bugleweed | ||
| 2 | Allium cernuum | nodding onion | * | ||
| 3 | Ajuga reptans | 'Metallica' | carpet bugle | ||
| 4 | Cotula hispida | silver cotula | |||
| 5 | Arenaria montana | mountain sandwort | |||
| 6 | Armeria maritima | sea thrift | |||
| 7 | Sedum spathulifolium | 'Cape Blanco' | stonecrop | ||
| 8 | Campanula persicifolia | 'Alba' | white peachleaf bellflower | * | |
| 9 | Campanula persicifolia | 'Telham Beauty' | blue peachleaf bellflower | * | |
| 10 | Dicentra formosa | 'Luxuriant' | western bleeding heart | ||
| 11 | Geum coccineum x Borisii | 'Queen of Orange' | geum | ||
| 12 | Heuchera | 'Melting Fire' | coralbells | ||
| 13 | Hosta (hybrid) | ||||
| 14 | Antennaria microphylla | rosy pussy toes | |||
| 15 | Lithodora diffusa | 'Grace Ward' | |||
| 16 | Malus | flowering crabapple | |||
| 17 | Monarda fistulosa | mintleaf beebalm | |||
| 18 | Cotula | 'Tiffindell Gold' | gold cotula | ||
| 19 | Sedum spurium | 'Tricolor' | variegated stonecrop | ||
| 20 | Sedum tetractinum | creeping stonecrop | |||
| 21 | Polemonium | Jacob's ladder | |||
| 22 | Stachys officinalis | 'Pink Cotton Candy' | betony | ||
| 23 | Thymus (Coccineus Group) | creeping thyme | |||
| 24 | Saxifraga x urbium | golden London pride | |||
| 25 | Cephalotaxus harringtonia | 'Prostrata' | prostrate Japanese plum yew | ||
| 26 | Tsuga canadensis | 'Cole's Prostrate' | Canadian hemlock | * | |
| 27 | Abies koreana | 'Kahout's Icebreaker' | Korean fir | ||
| 28 | Cryptomeria japonica | 'Birodo' | Japanese cedar | ||
| 29 | Pinus banksiana | 'Schoodic' | Jack pine | ||
| 30 | Chamaecyparis obtusa | 'Habari', 'Chirimen' | dwarf hinoki cypress | ||
| 31 | Picea omorika | 'Pimoko' | Serbian spruce | ||
| 32 | Juniperus conferta | 'Blue Pacific' | shore juniper |