Ground cover - evergreen plants
These are especially useful to quietly cover a large area, possibly under trees. They may have no flowers (ivies) or their variegated foliage may brighten the area. Periwinkles, for example^, have flowers in spring, and a great capacity to make uniform ground cover. For smaller, more open areas, ornamental plants can be used to make an attractive repetition of shape. Hebes such as Hebe rakaiensis, give repeating fresh green rounded shapes. Areas that are difficult to maintain, such as steep banks, can be covered with plants such as Hypericum calycinum. Many ground coverers need some maintenance, and others, such as ivy - may climb - and will need containment. Think about planting effects that appeal to you, and the time available before you make your choice.
Plants (1042)
Carex 'Ice Dance'
Morrow's ice dancer
Carex 'Silver Sceptre'
Silver sedge
Carex arenaria
Sand sedge, Sedge
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'
Leatherleaf sedge grass, Fox red sedge
Carex comans 'Taranaki'
Hair sedge
Carex comans - bronze-leaved
New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex conica 'Snowline'
Hime-Kan-Suge, Miniature sedge, Evergreen miniature sedge
Carex dipsacea
Teasel like sedge
Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse'
Teasel-like sedge
Carex flagellifera
Weeping brown New Zealand sedge
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
Variegated Japanese sedge, Variegated Morrow's sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Silberstreif'
Palm branch sedge
Carex oshimensis
Japanese sedge grass, Ohima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everoro'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex pendula
Weeping sedge, Great drooping sedge, Pendulous sedge
Carex pendula 'Moonraker'
Variegated weeping sedge
Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler'
Japanese Palm sedge, Fuiri Tenjiku suge
Carex secta
Divided sedge
Carex tenuiculmis
Slender culmed sedge
Carex testacea
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex testacea Limeshine = 'Wilshine'
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex trifida
Three cleft sedge
Carex trifida 'Chatham Blue'
Blue three cleft sedge
Carpobrotus edulis
Ice plant, Cape Hottentot fig, Trailing hottentot fig, Pigface, Sour fig
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Emily Brown'
Point Reyes ceanothus
Cephalotaxus fortunei 'Dragon's Plume'
Chinese plum yew, Fortune's plum yew
Cerastium boissieri
Boissier's mouse ear
Cerastium tomentosum
Dusty miller, Snow in summer
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Karamachiba'
Dwarf Hinoki cypress (ground cover)
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Sawara cypress, Japanese false cypress
Chamaemelum nobile
Chamomile, Sweet chamomile, Roman chamomile, Russian chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno'
Double flowered chamomile
Cistus 'Snow Fire'
Rock rose, Sun rose
Cistus libanotis
White Portuguese rock rose
Cistus x heterocalyx 'Chelsea Bonnet'
Rock rose
Cistus x obtusifolius 'Thrive'
Rock rose
Coronilla coronata
Scorpion vetch
Corydalis lutea
Yellow corydalis, Yellow fumitory
Corydalis ochroleuca
Buff fume-wort
Cotoneaster conspicuus 'Decorus'
Necklace cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri var. radicans
Rooting Bearberry cotoneaster
Dactylis glomerata 'Variegata'
Variegated cocksfoot
Daphne laureola
Spurge laurel
Daphne laureola
Spurge laurel
Daphne laureola subsp. philippi
Spurge laurel
Delosperma 'Suntropics® Rose Sun'
Hardy ice plant
Delosperma cooperi 'Desert Dancers Purple'
Cooper's hardy ice plant