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Groundcovers

Groundcovers are low-lying plants with a creeping, spreading habit that are used to cover sections of ground while requiring minimal maintenance. They can help to prevent soil erosion, as well as reduce the amount of weeding and mowing required.

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Barren Strawberry

Barren Strawberry

Small yellow flowers grow where there are woods, thickets, and clearings. Perennial, evergreen wildflower that can be used as groundcover and is native to Eastern Canada and United States. 

Bellflower - White Clips

Bellflower - White Clips

Forms a low, cushion-shaped mound of small green leaves, with

loads of upfacing, pure white blossoms appearing in early summer.

Blueberry, Wild

Blueberry, Wild

Short in stature, and spreads by underground stems. A mature planting can form a dense ground cover. Leaves are glossy blue-green in summer, turning purple in the fall. The sweet, small dark blue berries are used in preserves and pies and are high in antioxidants.

Brass Buttons - Platts Black

Brass Buttons - Platts Black

Feathery fern-like foliage is green with gray, purple, and black tints. Yellow button-like flowers appear a few inches above the foliage in summer.

Brunnera - Queen of Hearts

Brunnera - Queen of Hearts

Huge heart shaped leaves with a silver overlay and thin dark green veining. Airy sprays of baby blue blooms in mid to late spring.

Brunnera - Sterling Silver

Brunnera - Sterling Silver

Thick, heartshaped leaves that are a stunning silver colour with rich green veining. Leaves can reach up to 8 inches across. Sprays of deep blue Forgetme-not flowers in spring.

Candytuft - Chill Lavender

Candytuft - Chill Lavender

Masses of lavender flower clusters in early Spring that last for weeks. Flowers up a storm!

Cypress, Russian

Cypress, Russian

Deep green summer color that can fill the roughest toughest, driest, most gnarly areas of the landscape with a carpet of green.

Deutzia - Nikko

Deutzia - Nikko

Low growing charming shrub with masses of snowy white, fragrant flowers on slender arching branches in late spring.

Foam Flower - Heart Leaf

Foam Flower - Heart Leaf

Tiny white to pinkish-white flower spikes in May & June. One of the best native plants for the shade garden.

Bearberry

Bearberry

Dainty nodding shell pink, bell shaped flowers adorn the ends of the branches in mid spring. Abundance of magnificent red berries from late summer to late fall. Evergreen. Also known as Kinninnick. Native to Ontario and most of Canada.

Bergenia - Winter Glow

Bergenia - Winter Glow

Shiny evergreen cabbage like leaves with bright pinkish red flowers in spring and again in the fall. Leaves take on a remarkable reddish bronze hue during the winter on this semi evergreen perennial

Bog Rosemary - Bergy Bit

Bog Rosemary - Bergy Bit

Icy-blue green leaves combine with masses of small white bell-shaped flowers for dramatic effect. Mounding groundcover that is perfect plant for rock garden.

Brunnera - Alexander's Great

Brunnera - Alexander's Great

Gigantic mound of very large, heart -shaped, heavily silvered leaves. Sprays of deep blue Forget-me-not flowers in spring. Clumps can reach 27 inches across

Brunnera - Sea Heart

Brunnera - Sea Heart

Superb introduction, forming a clump of thick, heart-shaped medium-green leaves, marbled and frosted with an intricate pattern of silver with green edging and veining.

Bugleweed - Black Scallop

Bugleweed - Black Scallop

Forms a dense, weed suppressing mat with fantastic glossy, near-black, scalloped leaves and a dense habit. The deepest foliage color is achieved when plants are sited in full sun. Short spikes of blue flowers stand above the low spreading foliage.

Candytuft - Snow Cone

Candytuft - Snow Cone

Features cone shaped white flowers and a longer bloom time.

Dead Nettle - Purple Dragon

Dead Nettle - Purple Dragon

Spreading patch of small silver leaves with a wide green edge. Clusters of deep magenta-purple flowers are larger than all other varieties, appearing in spring then continuing off and on until fall

Emera

Emera

Pavement Rose. Semi double carmine pink flowers in large sprays of cupped flowers bloom continuously.

Foamy Bells - Plum Cascade

Foamy Bells - Plum Cascade

Trailing perennial forming a showy mound of plum-purple leaves adorned with a slight silver sheen. Sprays of pale pink flowers are on display all summer long for a charming effect.

Bellflower - Blue Clips

Bellflower - Blue Clips

Forms a low, cushion-shaped mound of small green leaves, with

loads of upfacing, open clear medium blue blossoms appearing in

early summer.

Blue Eyed Grass

Blue Eyed Grass

Clump forming grass with fans of narrow sword-shaped green leaves. Violet blue flowers with a yellow throat close up at night

Bog Rosemary - Blue Ice

Bog Rosemary - Blue Ice

Icy-blue leaves combine with masses of small pink bell-shaped flowers for dramatic effect. Mounding groundcover that is perfect plant for rock garden.

Brunnera - Jack Frost

Brunnera - Jack Frost

Sky blue, forget-me-not flowers and leaves with a netted silver overlay.

Brunnera - Silver Heart

Brunnera - Silver Heart

Forms a thick clump of  heart-shaped leaves that are silver with green edging and veining. Sprays of deep blue Forget-me-not flowers in spring. 

Bugleweed - Burgundy Glow

Bugleweed - Burgundy Glow

Forms a dense, weed suppressing mat with fantastic tricoloured foliage in shades dark green, creamy white, and rose purple . Short spikes of blue flowers stand above the low spreading foliage.

Candytuft - Snowsation

Candytuft - Snowsation

Flowers up a storm! This compact growing candytuft  features masses of large white flower clusters in early Spring that last for weeks.

Dead Nettle - Red Nancy

Dead Nettle - Red Nancy

 Forms a lovely mat of silvery foliage edged in green. Spikes of charming rose-red to red-purple flowers rise above the foliage from spring until early fall.

Evening Primrose - Ozark Sundrops

Evening Primrose - Ozark Sundrops

Large, bell shaped, canary yellow blossoms with a crepe like texture appear above the rich green foliage.

Foamy Bels - Red Rover

Foamy Bels - Red Rover

Intense red leaves and incredibly lobed foliage. Leaves emerge coppery red, with burgundy red centers, eventually mellowing to more of an olive green.

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