Ajuga reptans, commonly called bugleweed, is a dense, rapidly spreading, mat-forming ground cover which features shiny, dark green leaves. Whorls of tiny, blue-violet flowers appear in mid to late spring on spikes rising above the foliage. Cultivars of this species feature leaves with more interesting and varied foliage color. When in full flower, large clumps of bugleweed can produce a striking display. Dense foliage will choke out weeds
Black Scallop burgundy/black foliage
Bronze Beauty burgundy bronze foliage
Burgundy Glow white, cream, and green foliage enhanced with burgundy-red tints
Pink Lightning soft mint green edged with creamy white foliage. Mauve pink flower.
Bronze Beauty burgundy bronze foliage
Burgundy Glow white, cream, and green foliage enhanced with burgundy-red tints
Pink Lightning soft mint green edged with creamy white foliage. Mauve pink flower.
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Bearberry Massachusetts
An extremely hardy and tough groundcover requiring poor acidic sandy soil; low growing; dainty nodding shell pink bell-shaped flowers, an abundance of magnificent red berries and reasonable fall color. It has forest green foliage. |
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Clematis
A flowering vine that twines around objects while the leaves clasp or fold over any object. Excellent for trellises, fences, and rock walls.
A flowering vine that twines around objects while the leaves clasp or fold over any object. Excellent for trellises, fences, and rock walls.
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Crystal Fountain lilac blue flowers
Corinne white with lilac streaks from center Ernest Markham magenta pink Guernsey Cream creamy white Henryi white Jackmanii Superba violet purple Multi-Blue deep blue Niobe wine-red Piilu light pink Pink Champagne deep rose-pink Polish Spirit rich purplish-blue Rouge Cardinal crimson Silver Moon silvery white Sweet Autumn creamy white The President violet-blue Vancouver Danielle brilliant violet-blue |
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Hedera ivy Baltica
The dark green leaves are white-veined, smaller and purplish-tinged in winter. It is a vigorous, aggressive, fast-growing, evergreen, woody perennial that is primarily grown as a climbing vine or trailing ground cover. It is noted for its adventitious juvenile stage roots which attach to most surfaces. Climbing/spreading plants will grow somewhat indefinitely in length. |
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Honeysuckle Vines
Twining vines with highly fragrant and colorful flowers. Excellent to cover trellis, arbors and fencing. Attractive to hummingbirds, bees and certain butterflies.
Twining vines with highly fragrant and colorful flowers. Excellent to cover trellis, arbors and fencing. Attractive to hummingbirds, bees and certain butterflies.
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Goldflame
Purple to deep pink buds open to sweetly fragrant, golden yellow, tubular flowers throughout summer. Major Wheeler Blazing red and gold blooms appear all summer long, and into fall. Stems are often red to purple turning greenish brown with age Peaches and Cream Compact vine of 5’, 'Peaches and Cream' provides ample blooms. Striking clusters of deep magenta flower buds open to reveal white interiors that mature to a peachy cream. Scentsation Up to 10' tall and 2-4' wide, Light, sweet scent from lemony and creamy yellow flowers. |
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Liriope
Commonly called lilyturf, is a tufted, grass-like perennial which typically grows 12-18" tall and features clumps of strap-like, arching, glossy, dark green leaves. Clumps slowly expand by short stolons. Erect, showy flower spikes with tiered whorls of dense, violet-purple flowers rise above the leaves in late summer. Flowers give way to blackish berries which often persist into winter
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Pachysandra
Low & compact ground cover with glossy green leaves that retains its deep beauty even in adverse conditions. Hardy,easy to grow and maintenance free evergreen ground cover. Thrives in the dense shade of evergreens. Plant 12" apart. |
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Trumpet Vine
A dense, vigorous, multi-stemmed, deciduous, woody, flowering, clinging vine that attaches itself to structures and climbs by aerial rootlets. Flowers are very attractive to hummingbirds. Balboa Sunset deep reddish orange flowers
Indian Summer apricot-orange flowers Madame Galen salmon-red flowers |
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Vinca minor
One of the most popular and widely used ground covers. Trailing stems with smooth, evergreen leaves quickly spread to form an attractive ground cover. Tubular, lavender blue, phlox-like flowers appear in spring and continue to flower intermittently throughout summer into fall. Foliage will mound up to 6" tall. |
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Wisteria
Stout, climbing vine with racimes of fragrant, pea-like flower clusters, and twining stems, developing into a twisted woody trunk. Requires conciderable support. |
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Virginia Creeper Star Showers
Star Showers Virginia Creeper is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Star Showers Virginia Creeper has attractive white-variegated green foliage throughout the season. |
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