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Groundcovers
Living carpets that fill the gaps and hold the soil.
272 varieties · page 9 of 12
Omphalodes verna
Creeping Navelwort
Blooms bright blue flowers with a slight white eye
Partial shade to full shade
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus'
Dwarf Mondo Grass
Blooms pale lavender to white
Partial shade to full shade
Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’
Black Mondo Grass
Blooms pale lavender to white
Full sun to partial shade
Origanum ‘Bristol Cross’
Bristol Cross Oregano
Blooms pinkish-purple bracts with small, purple tubular flowers
Full sun
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhaussen'
Herrenhaussen Ornamental Oregano
Blooms pale to deep pink, with small, tubular flowers arranged in clusters that form tight, rounded blooms
Full sun
Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’
Golden Oregano
Blooms pale pink to light purple
Full sun to partial shade
Origanum x 'Xera Cascade'
Xera Cascade Oregano
Blooms pale rose-lime bracts with tiny violet flowers, resembling elongated hop-like structures
Full sun
Origanum x hybrida ‘Kirigami’
Kirigami Ornamental Oregano
Blooms purple bracts with pink to lavender flowers
Full sun
Oxalis brasiliensis
Brazilian Woodsorrel
Blooms pink
Part shade
Oxalis spiralis ssp. vulcanicola 'Plum Crazy'
Variegated Volcanic Woodsorrel
Blooms bright yellow
Full sun to partial shade
Pachyphragma macrophyllum
Caucasian Penny-Cress
Blooms white with pale green centers
Partial shade to full shade
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
Green Sheen Japanese Spurge
Blooms white
Partial to full shade
Pachysandra terminalis ‘Silver Edge’
Variegated Japanese Spurge
Blooms small, inconspicuous white flowers
Partial to full shade
Persicaria capitata
Pink Knotweed
Blooms white to pink
Full sun to partial shade
Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal'
Lance Corporal Knotweed
Blooms rose-pink to red
Full sun to partial shade
Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'
Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox
Blooms rich purple to violet-purple five-petaled bloom forms a flat, star-shaped flower
Full sun
Phlox subulata 'Ruby Riot'
Ruby Riot Creeping Phlox
Blooms rich ruby-violet to deep magenta with subtle darker tones near the center
Full sun
Phlox subulata ‘Spring Scarlet’
Spring Scarlet Creeping Phlox
Blooms scarlet red
Full sun
Pratia Pedunculata ‘County Park’
County Park Blue Star Creeper
Blooms white to blue-lavender
Partial shade to full sun
Primula 'Belarina Lively Lilac'
Belarina Lively Lilac Primrose
Blooms fully double lilac purple flowers with lighter centers and ruffled petals
Partial shade
Primula 'Rose Edge'
Rose Edge Primrose
Blooms rosy pink flowers with yellow centers and white edges
Partial shade
Primula elatior
True Oxlip
Blooms soft yellow to pale primrose with deeper yellow centers, carried in loose umbels
Part shade to light shade
Primula sieboldii
Asiatic Primrose
Blooms pink, lavender, white, red, with a contrasting eye
Partial shade to full shade
Primula veris 'Sunset Shades'
Sunset Shades Cowslip
Blooms rich red to deep crimson blossoms with contrasting yellow centers, held in nodding clusters above the foliage
Full sun to part shade