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)
Convallaria majalis 'Fortins Giant'
Lily of the valley, Our lady's tears, May lily, Conval lily, Mayflower, Ladder to heaven
Cornus alba Red Gnome = 'Regnzam'
Dogwood
Cornus suecica
Dwarf cornel
Corynephorus canescens
Grey hair grass
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Eragrostis spectabile
Purple love grass, Tumble grass
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Kew Profusion'
Mexican fleabane, Australian fleabane, Wall daisy
Erysimum x allionii
Wallflower, Siberian wallflower, Blister cress
Eupatorium purpureum 'Bartered Bride'
Joe Pye weed
Filipendula purpurea 'Elegans'
Dropwort, Japanese meadowsweet
Forsythia Maree d'Or = 'Courtasol'
Gaillardia 'Sundance Red'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Dazzler'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Gazania splendens
Striking gazania
Geranium himalayense 'Irish Blue'
Lilac cranesbill, Himalayan cranesbill
Geranium maculatum f. albiflorum
American cranesbill, Wild cranesbill, Wild geranium, Spotted cranesbill
Geranium pratense 'New Dimension'
Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium
Geranium wallichianum 'Crystal Lake'
Wallich's geranium
Geranium x oxonianum 'Miriam Rundle'
Oxford geranium, Druce's cranesbill
Glandularia 'Vectura Pink'
Verbena, Vervain
Glandularia Tapien Salmon = 'Suntapiro'
Verbena, Vervain
Gypsophila 'White Festival'
Baby's breath
Gypsophila repens 'Dubia'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Gypsophila repens 'Filou Rose'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Gypsophila repens 'Fratensis'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
Hakone grass
Hosta 'Blue Wedgewood'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'El Capitan'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Hosta 'Georgia Sweetheart'
Plantain lily
Hosta 'Vera Verde'
Plantain Iily, Funkia
Impatiens walleriana 'llegnitz'
Water fuschsia, Bedding impatiens, Patient pucy
Impatiens walleriana - Accent Series
Water fuschsia, Bedding impatiens, Patient pucy
Impatiens walleriana - Cajun Series
Water fuschsia, Bedding impatiens, Patient pucy
Limnanthes douglasii
Poached egg plant
Linaria purpurea
Purple toadflax
Lobelia erinus 'Blue Cascade'
Edging lobelia, Trailing lobelia, Blue lobelia
Lobelia erinus 'Fountain Blue'
Edging lobelia, Trailing lobelia, Blue lobelia
Lobelia erinus 'Fountain White'
Edging lobelia, Trailing lobelia, Blue lobelia
Lupinus perennis
Sundial lupin, Wild lupin, Blue bean, Perennial lupin
Matricaria 'Golden Ball'
Mayweed
Mentha x smithiana
Tall mint
Nepeta subsessilis 'Cool Cat'
Short-stalked catmint
Nepeta subsessilis 'Pink Dreams'
Short-stalked catmint
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln Gold'
Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'
Fountain grass, Swamp foxtail grass, Chinese pennisetum, Chikara shiba
Perovskia 'Filigran'
Russian sage
Persicaria amplexicaulis var. pendula
Mountain fleece, Red bistort
Persicaria macrophylla
Large-leaved knotweed, Round-flowered knotweed