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Great alternatives to turfgrasses, ground cover plants provide a variety of textures and color, help reduce soil erosion, and can serve as a transition between turf areas and shrub or flower borders. Consider ground cover plants for areas where watering and mowing are difficult, that require extra maintenance, or that are unsuitable for grass due to exposure, such as:

narrow strips between sidewalks and curbs or buildings;
steep slopes that are impractical to mow;
deeply shaded areas beneath trees or shrubs, along north sides of walls and fences, and in foundation plantings in front of low windows.

Ground covers also can enhance the beauty of shrub borders and can break up the monotony of areas previously covered with decorative gravel.

Our Featured Ground Covers:

Barren Strawberry The Barren Strawberry, also known as Waldsteinia ternata, is a wonderful ground cover that grows in full sun to part shade and prefers normal to sandy... more	Beacon Silver Lamium The Lamium `Beacon Silver, Lamium maculatum, has beautiful oval, gray-green to silvery-white leaves with greenish margins. The short spiked clear, pal... more	Big Blue Liriope The Liriope Big Blue, Lirope muscari Big Blue, also known as Lirope,is a grass-like foliage set with tall spikes of lavender-blue, hyacinth-like bloom... more
Big Ears Lambs Ears The Stachys `Big Ears Lambs Ear, Stachys byzantina Helen von Stein, is known for its soft, fuzzy, silvery green foliage. With spikes of purplish pink ... more	Bigleaf Periwinkle The Bigleaf Periwinkle, Vinca major, is also known as Greater (rosy) Periwinkle, Big Perwinkle and Large Periwinkle. The plant is shrub-like and grows... more	Buttered Popcorn Ranunculus The Buttered Popcorn, Ranunculus repens, is a great ground cover that vigorously spreads to 4. Its broad finley cut leaves are silvery-green with a va... more
Candy Stripe Phlox The Phlox `Candy Stripe, Phlox subulata, is an ideal ground cover with masses of tiny white flowers with a pink mid-stripe and a thick mat of semi-eve... more	Chameleon Plant The Houttuynia `Chameleon Plant, Houttuynia cordata, is one of the most popular ground covers around. Small white flowers appear from July to August, ... more	Creeping Wirevine The Creeping Wire vine, Muehlenbeckia, is a vine with strongly rooting and densely intertwining stems. The roughly circular leaves are 1cm across and ... more
Dwarf Mondo Grass Dwarf Mondo Grass, Ophiopogon japonicus, is an ornamental grass which grows to 4 in height and is closely related to the liriope. It is also known as ... more	Emerald Blue Phlox The Phlox `Emerald Blue, Phlox subulata, is an ideal ground cover with dark blue flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. Blooming from Apri... more	Golden Anniversary Lamium The Lamiun, Golden Anniversary, Lamium maculatum, is a handsome variety without becoming invasive. The pretty pink flowers are almost eclipsed by the ... more
Golden Moneywort The Lysimachia `Golden Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia Aurea, also known as Creeping Jenny, has dime sized, wonderful evergreen and yellow veined fol... more	Goldilocks Moneywort The Moneywort Goldilocks, Lysimachia nummularia, also known as Creeping Jenny, displays trailing discs of greenish gold that turn-bright yellow in sun... more	Green Carpet Japanese Spurge Japanese Spurge Green Carpet, Pachysandra terminalis Green Carpet, is an old-time ground cover plant that grows to 6-8 high with versatile uses. This ... more
Halliana Japanese Honeysuckle Japanese Honeysuckle Halliana, Lonicera japonica Halliana, is the most commonly seen Honeysuckle and is also known as Halls Honeysuckle. It has whitis... more	Illmuniation Periwinkle The Vinca Minor Illumination, produces near continuous foliage changes. Spring growth emerges chartreuse then brightens to golden yellow. Each yellow ... more	Japanese Spurge The Japanese Spurge plant, Pachysandra terminalis, and also known as Pachysandra, is a shrubby, evergreen ground cover which grows 8-12 high and sprea... more
Liriope Liriope, Liriope muscari, is also commonly called border grass and is not actually a grass but a member of the lily family, a fact that inspires anoth... more	Orchid Frost Lamium The Lamium Orchid Frost, Lamium maculatum, has beautiful oval, silvery edges and bluish green foliage. The short spiked clear, pale pink flowers make ... more