Ground cover - non-evergreen plants
Simple colourful planting required for a large area? Colourful plants to separate areas of the garden? Non-evergreen ground cover could be the answer for you. Roses are useful^, such as Rosa 'Flower Carpet White' standing around 75cm in height, but thorny plants could be a deterrent. For low-growing plants the choice could run from dwarf but rampageous Campanula poscharskyana, through Ladies Mantle, to Astilbes, Geranium nodosum and autumn flowering anemones for lightly shaded positions. For smaller, sunny areas lively Agastache forms could be considered. If large plants are required, dogwoods such as Cornus alba, reaching around 1.5 metres could be an option. Also, spring bulbs, dormant in summer, but which look fantastic when grown in numbers. It is a question of thinking about your needs before making the commitment.
Plants (1287)
Dryopteris filix-mas
Male fern, Sweet brake shield fern, Knotty brake, Bears paw
Dryopteris wallichiana
Wallich's wood fern
Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower, Black Samson, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Leuchtstern'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Elymus magellanicus
Wild rye, Lyme grass, Wheatgrass, Magellan wheatgrass, Blue wheatgrass
Eomecon chionantha
Snow poppy, Poppy of the dawn, Chinese snow poppy, Chinese bloodroot
Epimedium alpinum
Pink epimedium, Alpine barrenwort
Epimedium perralderianum
Algerian barrenwort, Perraudiere epimedium
Epimedium pinnatum
Persian epimedium
Erigeron glaucus Sea Foam = 'Stocecc'
Seaside fleabane
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Sea of Blossom'
Mexican fleabane, Wall daisy
Eriophorum angustifolium
Common cotton grass, Narrow leaved cotton grass, Cotton grass
Eryngium giganteum
Miss Willmott's ghost, Stout sea holly
Erysimum x allionii
Wallflower, Siberian wallflower, Blister cress
Eschscholzia californica
California poppy, Mission bells
Eschscholzia californica 'Apricot Chiffon'
Mission bells
Eupatorium cannabinum
Hemp agrimony, Dutch agrimony, St John's herb, Holy rope
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Trumpet weed, Sweet Joe Pye weed, Gravel weed, Gravelroot, Purple boneset, Queen of the meadow
Euphorbia griffithii
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter'
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow'
Red spurge, Griffith's spurge
Euphorbia oblongata
Elliptic spurge
Evolvulus 'Blue My Mind'
Hybrid Dwarf morning glory x Evolvulus
Festuca
Fescue
Festuca 'Siskiyou Blue'
Fescue
Festuca glauca
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Blaufuchs'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Blauglut'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca ovina
Sheep's fescue
Ficaria verna
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Filipendula purpurea
Dropwort, Japanese meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Queen of the meadows, European meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea'
Golden Meadowsweet, Queen of the meadows, European meadowsweet
Fragaria x ananassa 'Samba'
Strawberry
Fuchsia 'Display'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Hawkshead'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Whiteknights Pearl'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Arizona Apricot'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Arizona Red Shades'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare Blaze'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Gallo Dark Bicolour'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Mesa Yellow'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Galega
Goat's rue, French lilac
Galega officinalis
Goat's rue, French lilac, Common goat's rue
Galega officinalis 'Alba'
Goat's rue, French lilac, Common goat's rue
Galega x hartlandii
Goat's rue, French lilac, Common goat's rue