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Groundcovers

Living carpets that fill the gaps and hold the soil.

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GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 8

Primula vulgaris 'Belarina Valentine'

Belarina Valentine Primrose

Blooms deep saturated red, fully double flowers

Partial shade to full sun

GroundcoversUSDA zones 4 to 8

Primula vulgaris 'Lilacina Plena'

Double Lilac Primrose

Blooms soft lilac to pale lavender, fully double flowers with layered, rosette-like petals

Part shade to light shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 8

Primula vulgaris ‘Oakleaf Yellow Picotee’

Oakleaf Yellow Picotee Primrose

Blooms yellow with a red edge

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 4 to 8

Primula vulgaris 'Prima Bella Creme'

Prima Bella Creme Primrose

Blooms creamy ivory to pale butter-yellow with darker centers

Part shade to light shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 8

Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii

Sibthorp Primrose

Blooms lavender to lavender-pink petals with a bright yellow central eye on each blossom

Partial shade to full sun

GroundcoversUSDA zones 4 to 8

Primula x pruhonicensis 'Wanda'

Wanda Primrose

Blooms rich magenta to deep purplish-pink with a small yellow eye

Part shade to light shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 4 to 8

Pseudotrillium rivale

Brook Wakerobin

Blooms white petals with purplish speckling, yellow center and prominent stamens

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA Hardiness Zones 5 to 8

Rubus calycinoides

Creeping Raspberry

Blooms small flowers that can range from pink to white

Partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 4 to 8

Sagina subulata ‘Aurea’

Scotch Moss

Blooms white

Full sun to partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 3 to 8

Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'

Double Bloodroot

Blooms pure white, fully double blossoms composed of many narrow, layered petals

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 4 to 8

Sanguisorba officinalis var. microcephala ‘Little Angel’

Little Angel Burnet

Blooms deep burgundy

Full sun to partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 8

Sanicula epipactis 'Thor'

Thor Dwarf Masterwort

Blooms small, true flowers are bright yellow and tightly clustered in rounded umbels, surrounded by large, daisy-like variegated cream-white bracts

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 6 to 9

Saxifraga ‘Hsitou Silver’

Strawberry Geranium

Blooms white to pale pink

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 7

Saxifraga x geum ‘Dentata’

Dentata Saxifrage

Blooms white or light pink

Partial shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 5 to 9

Saxifraga x urbium ‘Aureopunctata’

Variegated London Pride

Blooms pink

Part shade to full shade

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 4 to 9

Sedum ‘Firecracker’

Firecracker Stonecrop

Blooms pink to red

Full sun

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 4 to 8

Sedum acre 'Golden Carpet'

Goldmoss Sedum

Blooms yellow

Full sun to partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 3 to 8

Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet’

White Stonecrop

Blooms white

Full sun

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 3 to 8

Sedum cauticola ‘Lidakense’

Cliff Stonecrop

Blooms pink to magenta

Full sun

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 5 to 9

Sedum dasyphyllum 'Himalayan Skies'

Himalayan Skies Stonecrop

Blooms pale pink to white

Full sun

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 3 to 9

Sedum forsterianum 'Oracle'

Oracle Stonecrop

Blooms bright yellow

Full sun to partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 4 to 9

Sedum hybrid ‘Lime Zinger’

SunSparkler Lime Zinger Stonecrop

Blooms pink

Full sun

GroundcoversUSDA Zones 3 to 8

Sedum kamtschaticum

Russian Stonecrop

Blooms bright yellow

Full sun to partial shade

GroundcoversUSDA zones 7 to 10

Sedum palmeri

Palmer's Sedum

Blooms soft yellow to pale golden star-shaped flowers held in rounded clusters

Full sun to partial shade