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OUR FAVORITE GROUNDCOVERS |
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Campanula - Likes shade, medium durability
Dwarf Mondo - World's best ground cover likes some shade very slow to establish, needs to be planted very close together so it is very expensive
Dymondia - Very low ground cover, good between stepping stones, very small flower, durable.
Festuca - Likes sun, good dependable
Gazania - Lots of color for long season. Needs some replacement over time but a very good ground cover
Ivy Geranium - Lots of color, needs some replacements, Best not around other plants
Mondo Grass - likes some shade, is slow to fill in but a great low maintenance and enduring ground cover
Needle Point Ivy - Very low maintenance, prefers some shade, very durable, OK around plants
Ornamental Strawberry - Good Ground cover, sun and shade, stays low, semi-low durability, OK around plants. This plant is subject to problems with rust and shothole beetle.
Polygonum capitatum - Full sun or part shade, creeping, semi-durable, plant can die when it gets below freezing, often comes back. Durable, best not planted around other plants
Santa Barbara Daisy - gets bigger not good around other plants (it crowds them) needs to be cut back a couple times a year
Snow in Summer - Likes sun has interesting leaf color and flowers in spring.
Verbena - Full sun, semi-durable, long bloom period, can get ugly during cold spells and lose most of its leaves
Vinca Minor - slow to establish, semi-durable once established, some shade is helpful
Viola - Very good ground cover prefers a little shade
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