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GARDEN PLANTS - GROUND COVERS

Ground covers are terrific underplantings for shrubs and look beautiful against the foundation of a house. They are inexpensive and spread, looking more lush with each passing year. Evergreen ground covers add color to the Winter garden.

Bigleaf Periwinkle	Common names: Greater (rosy) periwinkle, bigleaf periwinkle. Shrub that grows to 12" tall with trailing ascending stems; 1-3 feet long.
Dwarf Mondo Grass	This super dwarf mondo grass is an ornamental grass which grows to 4" in height and is closely related to the liriope.
Japanese Honeysuckle - Halliana	This is the most commonly seen Honeysuckle. Has Whitish-yellow flowers with a delightful fragrance. Very fast growing to 15 to 30 feet.
Japanese Spurge	Japanese pachysandra terminalis is a shrubby, evergreen ground cover which grows 8-12" high and spreads by rhizomes to form a dense carpet.
Japanese Spurge - Green Carpet	An old-time ground cover plant that grows to 6-8" high with versatile modern day use. Evergreen the year round, self-sustaining.

Japanese Spurge - Silveredge	Silveredge has thin silver-white margins. Silveredge is a slower growing variegated form of Japanese Spurge .An old-time ground cover plant.
Liriope	Liriope, also commonly called border grass is not actually a grass but a member of the lily family.
Periwinkle	Common names: Trailing Myrtle, dwarf periwinkle and creeping myrtle. This species of periwinkle is one of the most popular and widely used groundcovers.
Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus	Purple Wintercreeper Euonymus, Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus', also known as Wintercreeper and Wintercreeper Eunonymus, is a dense, woody-stemmed plant.
Virginia Creeper	The Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, is a fast-growing, high-climbing vine that attaches itself with tendrils which expand, disk-like.