Ground Cover Plants

Barren Strawberry
Scientific Name: Waldsteinia ternata
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade
"The Barren Strawberry, `Waldsteinia ternata,' is a wonderful ground cover than grows in full sunlight to partial shade. It prefers normal to somewha... more

Beacon Silver Lamium
Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lamium Beacon Silver, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful, oval leaves that are gray-green to silvery white and have greenish margins. The short s... more

Big Blue Liriope
Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Zone: '5 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Liriope Big Blue, `Liriope muscari Big Blue,' is a grass like foliage set with tall spikes of lavender blue blooms in late summer, resembling tho... more

Big Ears Lambs Ears
Scientific Name: Stachys byzantina 'Helen von Stein'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Partial Sun
"The Stachys Big Ears Lamb's Ear, `Stachys byzntina Helen von Stein,' in most known for its soft, fuzzy foliage silvery green in color. It has a wond... more

Bigleaf Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Vinca major
Zone: '3 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Bigleaf Periwinkle, `Vinca major,' is shrub-like and grows to nearly a foot tall, and has trailing ascending stems up to three feet long. This p... more

Buttered Popcorn Ranunculus
Scientific Name: Ranunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn'
Zone: '3 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Buttered Popcorn, `Ranunculus repens,' is a fantastic ground cover that vigorously spreads to around four feet. It has broad, finely cut leaves ... more

Candy Stripe Phlox
Scientific Name: Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripe'
Zone: '2 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Phlox Candy Stripe, `Phlox subulata,' is an ideal ground cover with masses of tiny white flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. The ... more

Chameleon Plant
Scientific Name: Houttuynia cordata
Zone: '5 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade
"The Houttuynia Chameleon Plant, `Houttoynia cordata,' is one of the most commonly grown ground covers around. Its small, white flowers appear from J... more

Creeping Wirevine
Scientific Name: Muehlenbeckia
Zone: '7 - 10'
Sun: Partial Sun
"The Creeping Wire vine, `Muehlenbeckia,' is a vine with a strongly rooting habit and dense, intertwining stems. The leaves are roughly circular in s... more

Dwarf Mondo Grass
Scientific Name: Ophiopogon japonicus
Zone: '6 - 11'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Dwarf Mondo Grass, `Ophiopogon japonicus,' is closely related to the liriope. This ornamental grass can grow to four inches in height, and is al... more

Emerald Blue Phlox
Scientific Name: Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'
Zone: '2 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Phlox Emerald Blue, `Phlox subulata,' is an ideal ground cover with masses of dark blue flowers and a thick mat of semi-evergreen foliage. They ... more

Golden Anniversary Lamium
Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Golden Anniversary'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lamium Golden Anniversary, `Lamium maculatum,' is a lovely variety that will not become invasive. The nice, pink flowers are almost eclipsed by ... more

Golden Moneywort
Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lysimachia Golden moneywort, `Lysimachia nummulatia Aurea,' is also known as Creeping Jenny. The dime sized, evergreen foliage is veined with ye... more

Goldilocks Moneywort
Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Partial Sun
"The Moneywort Goldilocks, `Lysimachia nummularia,' is also known as the Creeping Jenny. This groundcover displays trailing discs of greenish gold th... more

Green Carpet Japanese Spurge
Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Japanese Spurge Green Carpet, `Pachysandra terminalis Green Carpet,' is an old-time ground cover that will grow to six to eight inches in height.... more

Halliana Japanese Honeysuckle
Scientific Name: Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'
Zone: '4 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Japanese Honeysuckle, `Halliana Lonicera japonica,' is the most widely planted of all the honeysuckles. Also known as Hall's Honeysuckle, it fea... more

Illmuniation Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Vinca minor 'Illumination'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Vinca Minor Illumination produces nearly continuous foliage changes. Spring growth begins chartreuse in color, and then will brighten to a golde... more

Japanese Spurge
Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Japanese Spurge plant, `Pachysandra terminalis,' is also commonly known as Pachysandra. This shrubby, evergreen ground cover will grow up to one... more

Liriope
Scientific Name: Liriope muscari
Zone: '5 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Liriope, `Liriope muscari,' is often called by is common name of border grass. Despite this name, it is not a member of the grass family at all,... more

Orchid Frost Lamium
Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Orchard Frost'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lamium Orchid Frost, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped foliage that is bluish green in color with silvery edges. The short, spiked c... more

Oriental Limelight
Scientific Name: Artemisia Hybrid 'Oriental Limelight'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Oriental Limelight, `Artemisia Hybrid,' is a tall plant that is great in large containers. The mounding, self-branching habit makes this wonderf... more

Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Vinca minor
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Periwinkle, `Vinca minor,' is also commonly referred to as Trailing Myrtle, Dwarf Periwinkle or Creeping Myrtle. This common species of Periwink... more

Pink Pewter Lamium
Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lamium Pink Pewter, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped foliage that is dark green and silvery with white centers. The short, spiked s... more

Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus
Scientific Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Sun
"The Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus, `Euonymus fortunei Coloratus,' is also known by the common names of Wintercreeper and Wintercreeper Euonymus. Thi... more

Silver Brocade
Scientific Name: Artemisia stelleriana
Zone: '3 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Artemisia Silver Brocade, `Artemisia stelleriana,' is a compact, silver-white perennial plant with a height of fifteen inches and a spread of ove... more

Silver Mound
Scientific Name: Artemisia schmidtiana
Zone: '3 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun
"The Artemisia Silver Mound, `Artemisia schmidtiana,' is a fantastic, silver-gray accent plant that is useful in nearly any garden. This non-spreader... more

Silveredge Japanese Spurge
Scientific Name: Pachysandra terminalis 'Silver Edge'
Zone: '4 - 8'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Japanese Spurge Silver Edge, `Pachysandra terminalis Silver Edge,' has somewhat thin, silvery white margins. It is a slower growing variegated f... more

Spicata Liriope
Scientific Name: Liriope 'Spicata'
Zone: '4 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Liriope spicata, `Liriope muscari,' is a nearly indestructible plant for stubborn areas. Liriope will gracefully fill spots where nothing else c... more

Variegated Liriope
Scientific Name: Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Zone: '6 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Liriope Variegated, `Liriope muscari Variegata,' is also known by the name of Liriope variegated lily-turf. This is a variegated border grass, a... more

Virginia Creeper
Scientific Name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Zone: '3 - 10'
Sun: Full Shade to Full Sun
"The Virginia Creeper, `Parthenocissus quinquefolia,' is a fast growing and high climbing vine. It attaches itself to the climbing medium with tendri... more

White Nancy Lamium
Scientific Name: Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Zone: '4 - 9'
Sun: Full Shade to Partial Sun
"The Lamium White Nancy, `Lamium maculatum,' has beautiful oval shaped, variegated silvery white foliage with greening margins. The short, spiked whi... more

Wojos Gem Periwinkle
Scientific Name: Vinca Major 'Wojo's Gem'
Zone: '7 - 9'
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Sun
"The Periwinkle `Wojo's Gem,' is a new selection of trailing vinca that features creamy yellow centers edged and flecked with dark green. This plant ... more