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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Phlox, Creeping - May Breeze
carpets of fragrant white bloom appear in june and july over fresh green, hairy leaves.

Phlox, Moss - Eye Shadow
Vibrant, rosy purple star shaped flowers with a dark purple eyes over a dense evergreen mat

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.

Sedum - Blue Elf
Low, dense carpet of steel-blue foliage with crimson flower clusters in mid to late summer

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

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

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

Wall Cress - Catwalk White
Tight, mounding cushion of green leaves, bearing masses of sweetly fragrant, snow-white flowers for several weeks in spring

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.

Phlox, Moss - Red Wing
A dense evergreen mat forming perennial with bright green leaves and star shaped red flowers
Rock Rose - Bronze Carpet
Eye-catching burnt orange blooms in late spring over deep green low growing foliage

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

Sedum - Wildfire
Shiny cherry-red leaves with hot pink variegation from early spring thru late fall. Masses of rose-pink flowers in late summer - early fall.

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

Phlox, Moss - Emerald Cushion Blue
Dense evergreen mat with bright green leaves and star shaped baby blue flowers

Potentilla - Ron McBeath
Fine textured perennial with a mounded form and delicate panicles of crimson flowers with dark red eyes at the ends of the stems from early to mid summer. Foliage is a ferny green-gray.

Sedge, Pennsylvania
Forms a nice ground cover of soft clumps, making it suitable for use as a drought tolerant lawn in shady areas. Greens up early in the spring and grows very well in open woods and woodland margins. Native to Ontario, Quebec & Manitoba.

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 - Prima Angelina
Brilliant chartreuse yellow in spring and then turns golden orange when the weather gets colder.

Snow in Summer - Celine
Plants form a low, fast-spreading mat of silvery-grey leaves, studded with tiny white star flowers in late spring and early summer.

Thyme - Wooly
One of the best creeping thymes for general groundcover purposes. Small dense perennial with tiny, fuzzy grey leaves that are fragrant when bruised, produces clusters of pink flowers