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)
Galega x hartlandii 'Alba'
Goat's rue, French lilac, Common goat's rue
Galium
Bedstraw
Gaura 'White Dove'
Bee blossom
Gaura Gaudi Pink = 'Florgaucompi'
Bee blossom
Gaura Gaudi Rose = 'Florgaucomro'
Bee blossom
Gaura lindheimeri
Lindheim's bee blossom, Whirling butterflies
Gaura lindheimeri
Lindheim's bee blossom, Whirling butterflies
Gazania 'Suncarpet'
Treasure flower
Genista pilosa 'Procumbens'
Silkyleaf woadwaxen, Hairy greenwood
Genista tinctoria
Dyer's greenwood, Common woadwaxen, Dyers broom
Geranium 'Azure Rush'
Geranium 'Blue Cloud'
Geranium 'Blushing Turtle'
Geranium 'Bob's Blunder'
Geranium 'Dark Eyes'
Geranium 'Dilys'
Geranium 'Dusky Rose'
Geranium 'Elke'
Bloody cranesbill
Geranium 'Eureka Blue'
Geranium 'Jolly Jewels Night'
Cranesbill
Geranium 'Jolly Jewels Raspberry'
Cranesbill
Geranium 'Jolly Jewels Red'
Cranesbill
Geranium 'Jolly Jewels Salmon'
Cranesbill
Geranium 'Jolly Jewels Silver'
Cranesbill
Geranium 'Kashmir Pink'
Clark's geranium
Geranium 'Khan'
Geranium 'Natalie'
Geranium 'Nimbus'
Geranium 'Orkney Pink'
Geranium 'Rothbury Red'
Geranium 'Salome'
Geranium 'Sanne'
Geranium 'Sirak'
Geranium 'Spinners'
Meadow cranesbill
Geranium 'Sue Crug'
Geranium 'Summer Cloud'
Geranium 'Sweet Heidy'
Geranium 'Tanya Rendall'
Wood cranesbill, Crow flower
Geranium 'Tiny Monster'
Geranium asphodeloides
Asphodel geranium
Geranium clarkei
Clark's geranium
Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir Purple'
Clark's geranium
Geranium Dreamland = 'Bremdream'
Cranesbill
Geranium endressii
Endress's Cranesbill, French cranesbill, Pyrenean cranesbill
Geranium endressii 'Castle Drogo'
Endress's cranesbill, French cranesbill, Pyrenean cranesbill
Geranium ibericum
Iberian Cranesbill, Caucasus geranium
Geranium ibericum subsp. jubatum 'White Zigana'
Iberian cranesbill
Geranium incanum
Carpet geranium, Horlosies, Cape geranium