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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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Lingonberry - Red Candy

Lingonberry - Red Candy

Fantastic edible evergreen groundcover with small dark green glossy leaves. New growth in spring is tinged with red & orange. Selffertilizing, Fruit is ripe in late fall

Phlox, Creeping - Blue Moon

Phlox, Creeping - Blue Moon

Sweetly scented trusses of violet blue flowers with overlapping petals on this semi evergreen creeping groundcover

Phlox, Moss - Eye Candy

Phlox, Moss - Eye Candy

Star shaped light lavender pink flowers with a dark wine purple eye compliment the dense evergreen mat of bright green leaves

Purple Rock Cress - Cascade Purple

Purple Rock Cress - Cascade Purple

Covered in tiny deep purple flowers at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring. Mat forming evergreen perennial should be sheared back after flowering to encourage dense compact growth.

Pussy-Toes - Red

Pussy-Toes - Red

Tough plant especially suited to hot

sunny locations and poor, dry soil.

Grows into a dense 2″ tall mat-forming

ground cover. Unique fun red flowers

and fuzzy silver foliage

Sedge - Ice Dance

Sedge - Ice Dance

Tidy clumps of variegated green and white foliage. Neat clump forming perennial grass can be used as a ground cover.

Sedum - Firecracker

Sedum - Firecracker

Cherry red foliage that forms dense compact mounds topped with pink flower clusters in mid to late summer.

Thyme - Elfin

Thyme - Elfin

Small dense perennial with tiny leaves that are fragrant when bruised, produces clusters of pink flowers

Veronica, Blue Eyed - Snowmass

Veronica, Blue Eyed - Snowmass

Handsome groundcover speedwell with glossy evergreen foliage that blooms from mid-spring into summer  with a profusion of white-petaled, blue-eyed flowers.

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger

Tough and undemanding perennial featuring downy, heart to kidney shaped matte green leaves. In spring attractive, purplish brown cup shaped flowers hide on short stems amongst the leaves.

Moss - Irish

Moss - Irish

Very tiny white flowers contrast beautifully with the dense, dark green foliage. Visually appealing moss that lies flat to the ground and tolerates light foot traffic

Phlox, Creeping - May Breeze

Phlox, Creeping - May Breeze

carpets of fragrant white bloom appear in june and july over fresh green, hairy leaves.

Phlox, Moss - Spring White

Phlox, Moss - Spring White

A dense evergreen mat forming perennial with bright green leaves and star shaped white flowers.

Purple Rock Cress - Cascade Red

Purple Rock Cress - Cascade Red

A red flowering form of purple rock cress, Cascade Red is covered in tiny red flowers at the ends of the stems from mid to late spring.

Rock Rose - Ben Hope

Rock Rose - Ben Hope

Showy bright pink, orange eyed flowers in late spring over deep green low growing foliage. Great for rock gardens or as edging along a sunny border or pathway. Drought tolerant once established; tolerant of poor, sandy soils.

Sedum - Dazzleberry

Sedum - Dazzleberry

Purple-blue leaves and huge 9 inch clusters of bright raspberry red flowers on this extremely drought resistant and fast growing groundcover

Sedum - Lime Twister

Sedum - Lime Twister

Variegated cream and green foliage. Cream-colored edges turn to red during cool spring and fall weather. Bright pink flowers in late summer.

Thyme - Pink Chintz

Thyme - Pink Chintz

Small dense perennial with tiny fuzzy olive green leaves and unique salmon pink flowers that are fragrant when bruised. Tolerant of occasional foot traffic

Veronica, Creeping Waterperry Blue

Veronica, Creeping Waterperry Blue

Tiny, dark-veined, lavender-blue flowers borne on creeping stems from late spring to early summer. Makes a colourful and drought tolerant groundcover or lawn substitute.

Wintergreen - Cherry Berry

Wintergreen - Cherry Berry

White flowers are followed by exceptionally large cherry-red berries. Strong wintergreen scent when crushed. The fruits are edible, with a minty flavor and the leaves and branches make a fine herbal tea.

Moss - Scotch

Moss - Scotch

Very tiny white flowers contrast beautifully with the chartreuse foliage. Visually appealing moss that lies flat to the ground and tolerates light foot traffic

Phlox, Moss - Candy Stripes

Phlox, Moss - Candy Stripes

A dense evergreen mat forming perennial with bright green leaves and star shaped white flowers with a pink stripe and a red eye-zone.

Purple Poppymallow

Purple Poppymallow

Five petaled flower with a rich wine-red colour and a white eye

that closes each evening. Upward facing flowers, blooms all

summer!

Pussy-Toes - Plantain

Pussy-Toes - Plantain

With silvery, wooly leaves, this low-growing, stoloniferous ground cover is beautiful in tough conditions. Individual plants consist of basal rosettes with flowers held aloft on erect stems. Perfect as a small groundcover or for between paving stones. Also excellent growing in a rock wall

Rock Rose - Cerise Queen

Rock Rose - Cerise Queen

Double deep-pink ruffled petals surrounding a fluffy yellow stamen

Sedum - Dream Dazzler

Sedum - Dream Dazzler

Colourful tri-colour leaves emerge in spring with a collage of pink, white and purple before maturing to dark purple with hot pink edges in the heat of summer. Masses of magenta-pink flowers in early fall.

Sedum - Tri-Colour

Sedum - Tri-Colour

Low carpet of small sage green leaves, dappled with pink and creamy-white. Clusters of soft-pink star flowers appear in summer

Toad Lily - Purple Beauty

Toad Lily - Purple Beauty

Intriguing star-shaped flowers that are reminiscent of orchids. Splashed in deep, plum purple bringing late season colour to the shady garden.

Veronica, Turkish

Veronica, Turkish

Sturdy groundcover forms a hard flat mat with waxy, nearly succulent, teardrop-shaped leaves. Cobalt blue flowers cover the leaves from April to June

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