Ground cover - sunny slopes
Slopes can be challenging. Awkward to access and work on, the soil is often poor due to erosion and prone to drying out. Planting low growing ground cover will help maintain soil stability and minimise erosion. Choose evergreen easy to care for plants which cope with dry, sunny conditions and reduce the amount of clambering up and down you have to do, to water or tend to.
Plants (227)
Calluna vulgaris 'Sir John Charrington'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sirsson'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sister Anne'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Spitfire'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Spring Cream'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sunrise'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Sunset'
Common Scotch heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Velvet Fascination'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'White Coral'
Heather, Ling, Scots heather
Calluna vulgaris 'Winter Chocolate'
Common Scotch heather
Cotoneaster dammeri var. radicans
Rooting Bearberry cotoneaster
Erica carnea
Heather, Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Adrienne Duncan'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Ann Sparkes'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Challenger'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Heathwood'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'King George'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'March Seedling'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Margery Frearson'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Myretoun Ruby'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Nathalie'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Pink Spangles'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Praecox Rubra'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'R. B. Cooke'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Vivellii'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Wintersonne'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. alba 'Golden Starlet'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. alba 'Ice Princess'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. alba 'Isabell'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. alba 'Springwood White'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. aureifolia 'Westwood Yellow'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea f. aureifolia 'Winter Gold'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Euonymus fortunei
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Canadale Gold'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Surprise'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Minimus'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Sunshine'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus fortunei 'Variegatus'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Festuca glauca
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Festuca glauca 'AmiGold'
Blue fescue
Festuca glauca 'Azurit'
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 glauca 'Sunrise'
Blue fescue, Grey fescue, Blue sheep's fescue
Gaultheria shallon
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Salal, Shallon
Hypericum calycinum
Rose of Sharon, St John's wort, Aaron's beard
Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping juniper, Creeping cedar, Creeping savin, Horizontal juniper