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)
Phlox adsurgens 'Wagon Wheel'
Northern phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Red Admiral'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox, Columbia phlox
Phlox stolonifera 'Blue Ridge'
Cherokee phlox
Phlox subulata 'Lilacina'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox subulata 'Marjorie'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox x procumbens 'Variegata'
Hairy phlox
Polemonium 'Pink Beauty'
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium pauciflorum subsp. hinckleyi
Hinckley's few-flowered Jacob's ladder
Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Scarlet Starlit'
Silver-leaved potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa 'Bo-Peep'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Longacre Variety'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Orangeade'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Primula 'Silver-laced Group'
Primrose
Ranunculus repens
Creeping buttercup, Creeping crowfoot, Sitfast, Yellow gowan, Rams claws
Ratibida columnifera
Prairie coneflower, Mexican hat, Long head coneflower
Rosa Baby Masquerade = 'Tanba'
Miniature rose
Rosa Cheshire = 'Korkonopi'
Shrub rose
Rosa Pink Bells = 'Poulbells'
Ground cover rose
Salvia splendens 'Vista White'
Scarlet sage, Sage
Spiraea japonica Double Play® Gold = 'Yan'
Japanese spiraea
Stachys macrantha
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis 'Wisley White'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphytum ibericum
Iberian comfrey
Tagetes 'Golden Gem'
Marigold
Tagetes 'Solar Red'
Marigold
Tagetes patula 'Disco Orange'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Yellow'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Hero Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Queen'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Scarlet'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Tangerine'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Safari Yellow Fire'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red and Gold'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Zenith Red'
French marigold
Vaccinium myrtillus
European blueberry, Bilberry, Whortleberry
Veronica spicata subsp. incana 'Silver Carpet'
Silver speedwell
Zinnia 'Profusion Fire'
Bedding zinnia