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Introduction |
Other Perennials |
We are considering these plants for groundcover. They are low-growing perennials that spread to cover a wide area. The foliage will provide a background foil for other plants to stand out.
Click on a plant's picture to learn about it at Dave's Garden — a green border means we already have the plant.
| Carpet Bugleweed | Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty' | ||
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Groundcover 4" Sun to Partial Shade |
Semi-evergreen carpet of rounded, bronze-red leaves over 2 inches long. |
Spikes of blue flowers, Late spring |
| Lily-of-the-Valley | Convallaria majalis | ||
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Groundcover 6-8" Partial to Full Shade |
Groundcover, forms a mat. Two or three broadly oval, pointed, rich green leaves up to 8" long. |
Stalks of white, fragrant bell-like flowers, spring |
| Sweet Woodruff | Galium odoratum | ||
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Groundcover 6" Sun to Partial Shade |
Groundcover. Umbrella-like whorls of 6-8 aromatic 1" long leaves |
Tiny white flowers, spring |
| Wild Ginger (British Columbia) | Asarum caudatum | ||
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Groundcover 3-8" Partial to Full Shade |
Evergreen. Large heart-shaped leaves, 4-6" across |
Small, almost-hidden purplish brown flowers. Late spring. |
| Wild Ginger (European) | Asarum europaeum | ||
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Groundcover 3-6" Partial to Full Shade |
Evergreen. Large heart-shaped blue-green glossy leaves, 3" across |
Small, almost-hidden purplish brown flowers. Early spring. |
| Bishop's Hat | Epimedium (many species) | ||
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Groundcover 12" Partial to Full Shade |
Dense-growing foliage remains present for much of the year, with the leaves often turning purple, crimson and scarlet in autumn in some forms, and remaining evergreen in others. |
Wide variety of spring flowers. |
| Jacob's Ladder | Polemonium caeruleum | ||
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Groundcover 12-18" Partial to Full Shade |
Numerous parallel, narrow leaflets form a ladder-like pattern. |
Long heads of hazy-blue showy flowers in mid-summer. When ripe, each anther bursts, releasing a mass of bright orange pollen, contrasting vividly with the blue of the petals. |
| Lesser Celendine | Ranunculus ficaria | ||
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Groundcover Under 6" Sun to Partial Shade |
Heart-shaped dark green leaves, appear in February, die back in June. |
Cup-shaped, yellow flowers on stalks above leafs. In April-May. |
| Japanese Spurge, Pachysandra | Pachysandra terminalis | ||
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Groundcover 6-12" Sun to Partial Shade |
Semi-evergreen. Leaves are thick, glossy, yellow- to medium green. Spreads by underground runners. |
Short spilkes of white flowers in the spring. |