Tired of Mulch? TRY GROUNDCOVERS
GROUNDCOVERS
Tired of spending money annually to freshen up your mulch? Low-growing groundcover plants are a great alternative! Ground covers are low-lying, groups of plants used to cover large expanses of ground on the landscape. They're more cost effective, especially for large areas where grass won't grow. Instead of mulch that you have to spend money on annually to get freshened up, groundcovers are one initial cost and you're good to go! Groundcovers look beautiful and are great way to add extra color and texture to your landscape. Plant them between flagstone or pavers, on patches where grass won't grow, as borders to walkways, or on lawns with steep hillsides!
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GROUNDCOVERS AT BOUNTIFUL GARDENS
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Below are all of the groundcovers that we have here at Bountiful Gardens, along with some information about each plant to help you choose what's best for your landscape!
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Creeping Phlox
Creeping Phlox is a favorite for gardeners all across the country. These plants have needle-like foliage with small starry, five-pointed flowers in a variety of colors. They spread rapidly, covering banks, spaces under tall trees, and other places where you want color!
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 Sagina 'Scotch Moss'
Just like Irish Moss, Scotch Moss is a very popular ground covering plant that's great for filling gaps between paving blocks and in rock gardens. Scotch Moss has a slightly more yellow coloring to its green foliage and shows tiny white flowers that bloom in the late spring for a little added beauty to the moss. They both thrive in average, well-drained soils with partial to full sun and need weekly watering.
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 Sagina 'Irish Moss'
Irish Moss is an extremely popular ground cover plant, forming a very low moss-like carpet of bright shamrock-green foliage that feature very small white flowers in the late spring. It only grows up to an inch in height, making it excellent for filling in between the cracks of flagstone pacing, in rock gardens, or as a lawn substitute.
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 Vinca Minor
Vinca Minor vines stay short, sprawling out over the ground. They do not stand very tall, but their trailing smooth, evergreen leaves and stems can reach 18 inches in length and stay fine all year round. They commonly put out a blue-lavender flower in the spring and easily grow in average, well-drained soil in full sun/partial shade.
Height (mature): 3-6 in
Width (mature): 6-18 in
Bloom Time: May to June
Foliage: Evergreen
Flower Color: Lavender Blue
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Special: Drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant
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Carex
Also known as 'Sedge Grass', Carex has colorful, grass-like foliage that is sure to brighten your landscape. But don't be fooled, these aren't grasses! Carex is a flowering plant with an estimated 1,000-2,000 species! They're mostly evergreen, shade plants that add dramatic form and texturally blend with most plants. They work wonderfully as edging by walkways, contrasting backdrops for smaller plants, or mixed into border plantings.
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 Liriope 'Royal Purple'
Liriopes are exceptional, small perennials that adapt to a wide range of uses due to their clumping form. You can line them up for a solid, textured edging along a pathway or you can use them in a mass for shady ground cover. Showy spikes of deep purple flowers rise above the arching, grass-like foliage, giving way to black ornamental berries that often persist into the winter.
Height (mature): 12-15 in
Width (mature): 12-18 in
Bloom Time: Summer
Berry Color: Black
Foliage: Dark green
Flower Color: Purple
Sun: Partial sun Special: Deer and rabbit resistant |
 Heuchera 'Plum Pudding'
This hybrid is a clump-forming perennial that features large, shiny, plum-purple leaves with metallic silver highlights. The foliage gets about 8-10 inches tall and 12-16 inches wide, creating a tight mount and an excellent contrast for the sprays of tiny white flowers that appear on it in the early summer. The flower stems can get up to 2 feet tall, sticking out from the top of the foliage. This heuchera is great as a piece in a rock garden or mixed containers in filtered sun.
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 Heuchera 'Citronelle'
Heucheras in general are best grown in organically rich, well-drained soils in partial shade. .Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact cultivator that features yellow-green leaves on rosy red petioles. Tiny, creamy white flowers appear in the summer on slender stems that usually are 10-12 inches tall. It's considered to be more tolerant of hot and humid summers that most other heucheras.
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Ajuga
Ajugas may be small but these little ground covers are durable and tough! They can help control erosion on a bank or hill, fill in a patchy lawn spots, or simply just add color to shady spots. They're also great for growing underneath shrubs and trees. Ajugas form dense mats of glossy leaves and develop in almost any kind of soil. They also hold their leaf color so they stay attractive all year round!
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 Veronica Penduncularis 'Georgia Blue'
Masses of small blue flowers smother the glossy foliage of this veronica for months in the summer, appearing sporadically throughout the rest of the year. Its evergreen foliage becomes a bronze-purple color in the winter and it only grows about 4-6 inches tall and 3-4 feet wide. Its a great weed suppressing ground or bulb cover and looks fantastic spilling over the edge of a container or garden wall.
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 Veronica Austriaca 'Crater Lake Blue'
This deer resistant, gracefully spreading plant grows up to a foot tall and wide. It features intensely blue flowers that appear in the early summer that adds a nice contrast against its green foliage. Crater Lake Blue prefers full sun and weekly watering. It's ideal uses are for rock gardens, hanging baskets, or as ground covers spilling off low walls.
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 Pachysandra Terminalis
Commonly called Japanese Pachysandra, this shrubby, evergreen ground cover forms a dense carpet or green foliage. Its oval leaves appear in clusters at the end of the stems and tiny white flowers in spikes bloom in the early spring. It's best grown in medium moisture, well-drained soils in partial to full shade. It's dense enough to keep down weeds and is perfect for mass plantings under large trees in a shady location where little else thrives.
Height (mature): 6-12 in
Width (mature): 12-18 in
Bloom Time: April
Foliage: Evergreen
Flower Color: White
Sun: Partial to full shade
Special: Drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant
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Geranium
These easy-care perennials have a long bloom season, most lasting until fall, and a neat growth habit. Hardy geraniums forming low mounds of well-formed foliage and dainty flowers make excellent flowering ground covers. They are very effective as underplanting for trees and shrubs, as well as hiding weeds in garden areas that are difficult to cultivate. Most geraniums tolerate morning sun and afternoon shade, where they do best!
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 Gypsophila Repens 'Filou Rose'
This plant forms a low mat of blue-green leaves with masses of small light pink single flowers that bloom in the early summer. They're excellent for rock gardens or cascading over walls. They prefer full sun and are deer and drought resistant.
Height (mature): 4-6 in
Width (mature): 6-10 ft
Bloom Time: Summer Foliage: Blue/Deep Green Flower Color: Light Pink Sun: Full sun Special: Deer Resistant, drought tolerant |
 Stachys 'Big Ears'
The attractive foliage that forms on this plant forms a sense ground cover of thick, soft, velvety rosettes. This low maintenance perennial is known for its foliage since flowering stems rarely appear. It's easily grown in average, well-drained soils in full sun. It makes an excellent edge, feature in a container, or as a border plant!
Height (mature): 6-12 in
Width (mature): 12-24 in
Foliage: Silver-green
Sun: Full to partial sun
Special: Deer and rabbit resistant, heat and drought tolerant
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 Polemonium 'Touch of Class'
Polemonium are an excellent choice for a variety of garden conditions. Its bright flowering, attractive foliage is long lived and extremely hardy, forming mounds of sage-green, ferny leaves. Clusters of lightly fragrant pale-blue flowers rise taller in the late spring, opening up from initially pink buds. Fresh leaves continue to appear all season, keeping this variety looking great from spring to fall. It works great in shady beds, borders, and containers!
Height (mature): 10-16 in
Width (mature): 16-18 ft
Bloom Time: Early to mid summer
Foliage: Green/white, variegated
Flower Color: Pink
Sun: Partial sun to full shade
Special: Deer and rabbit resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
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 Snow on the Mountain 'Variegata'
This popular variegated groundcover quickly forms a dense, weed-proof carpet, even under difficult growing conditions. It has a very fast growth rate and will spread triple its height. Tiny white blooms can form at the top and show in the summer. This is a great choice for spots in your yard where nothing else seems to have success!
Height (mature): 8-10 in
Width (mature): 4 ft
Bloom Time: Early to mid summer
Foliage: Chocolate
Flower Color: Light green/white, variegated
Sun: Full to partial sun
Special: Deer and rabbit resistant
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 Oenothera Missouriensis 'Sundrop'
This perennial is packed with very large, fragrant yellow flowers that rise atop a foliage of narrow leaves featuring silver-streaked middles. Their flowers bloom profusely throughout spring until the fall, lasting only one day then followers by distinctive seed pods bearing 4 papery wings. Sundry is a great choice for cottage, rock or city gardens, as well as edging, groundcover, banks and slopes, and containers!
Height (mature): 6-12 in
Width (mature): 12-24 in
Bloom Time: Late spring to early fall
Foliage: Green
Flower Color: Yellow
Sun: Full sun
Special: Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies
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 'English' Ivy
These plants are useful and attractive. They hide unsightly views by being grown as a screen or cover for unattractive walls and structures. Since it loves shade, the vines make an ideal ground cover under a tree where grass refuses to grow. Another fun idea is to grow English Ivy in pots with a stake for climbing or in hanging baskets where it can tumble over the edges for a beautiful display. The vines will grow as high or long as you let it, can can reach up to 50 feet!
Vine Length: Up to 50 ft if untrimmed
Foliage: Evergreen
Sun: Partial shade
Special: Drought tolerant
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