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)
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken, Brake, Pasture brake, Eagle brake
Pulmonaria
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip
Pulmonaria angustifolia
Blue cowslip, Cowslip lungwort, Blue lungwort
Pulmonaria angustifolia 'Azurea'
Blue cowslip, Cowslip lungwort, Blue lungwort
Pulmonaria angustifolia 'Munstead Blue'
Blue cowslip, Cowslip lungwort, Blue lungwort
Ranunculus acris
Meadow buttercup, Meadow bloom, Gold cup, Tall buttercup
Ranunculus acris 'Citrinus'
Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus acris 'Flore Pleno'
Yellow bachelor's buttons, Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus ficaria
Lesser celandine, Pilewort
Ranunculus repens var. pleniflorus
Double flowered creeping buttercup, Creeping buttercup, Creeping crowfoot, Sitfast, Yellow gowan, Rams claws
Ratibida
Prairie comeflower, Mexican hat
Ratibida pinnata
Grey head coneflower, Drooping coneflower, Pinnate prairie coneflower
Rhododendron 'Kermesinum Rose'
Evergreen azalea
Rhododendron luteum
Pontic azalea, Yellow rhododendron, Common yellow azalea
Rosa 'Dunwich Rose'
Spinosissima hybrid rose
Rosa 'Eye Love You'
Shrub rose (Persica type)
Rosa 'Nozomi'
Miniature rambling rose
Rosa 'Nozomi'
Ground cover rose, climbing rose
Rosa 'Paulii'
Alba rose
Rosa 'Raubritter'
Gallica rose
Rosa 'White Pet'
Polyantha rose
Rosa Amirose = 'Korhulth005'
Floribunda rose (Persica type)
Rosa Bees Paradise® Bernstein = 'Tan19505'
Ground cover rose (Persica type)
Rosa Berkshire = 'Korpinka'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Blush™ Pixie® = 'Bozbluspix'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Broadlands = 'Tanmirsch'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Cambridgeshire = 'Korhaugen'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Centre Stage = 'Chewcreepy'
Shrub rose
Rosa Chilterns = 'Kortemma'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Coral™ Pixie® = 'Bozcorapix'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Cream Dream = 'Koromtar'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa Devil Babylon Eyes® = 'IPB135416'
Shrub rose (Persica type)
Rosa Flower Carpet Cherry = 'Noa20054'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Coral = 'Norlesa'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Peach = 'Noa813219'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Pink Supreme = 'Noa168098F'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Sunset = 'Deseo'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet Sunshine = 'Noason'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Flower Carpet® Jojo Peach® = 'Noa813219'
Ground cover rose (Persica type)
Rosa Hampshire = 'Korhamp'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Happy Days = 'HARquad'
Shrub rose
Rosa Hertfordshire = 'Kortenay'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Kent = 'Poulcov'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Lancashire = 'Korstegli'
Ground cover rose
Rosa Lavender Dream = 'INTerlav'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa Little Lucy = 'Guesjury'
Floribunda rose (Persica type)
Rosa Marjorie Fair = 'Harhero'
Polyantha rose
Rosa Nectar Garden® Lupo = 'KORdwarul'
Miniature patio rose