Ajuga, Black Scallop
Dark as night foliage with gorgeously scalloped leaves. A knock-out in patio pots, combos, and as a striking accent with white, gold or light colored plants. Great groundcover
Ajuga, Blueberry Muffin
This fast growing vigorous groundcover is covered with deep blue flowers produced on eight-inch spikes. Blueberry Muffin is a faster, stronger grower than other Ajugas, with thicker leaves that are more weather resistant. When in full flower, large clumps of this plant can produce a striking display. Developed by Terra Nova, this Ajuga is faster growing and more vigorous than other small leaved varieties.
Zone: 5a to 9b
Ajuga, Bronze Beauty
Excellent ground cover does best in partial to full shade. Reaching a height of 3-4 inches, this is right at home as a base plant for the shade garden plants or shrubs. Blue-violet flowers in spring on 4-6″ spikes are a favorite of bees. Forms a compact, dense mat that prevents weeds from poking through once established. 2-3″ oval shaped leaves form tight rosettes. Bronze foliage is most vivid in cooler temperatures of spring and fall. Stays ‘evergreen’ until temps drop below 15 degrees. Foliage may show more green than bronze in very dense shade or during very hot, humid times. Spreads by stolons, but is not invasive.
Ajuga, Burgundy Glow
This more delicate Ajuga has a trailing habit, pretty variegated leaves, and blue panicles. Blooming is scattered in fall and summer, but profuse in spring. The younger leaves are an intense pink, especially in cool temperatures. A hardy, versatile foliage plant for landscapes, beds, and containers.
Deer-resistant
Exposure
Plant in sun or partial shade
Height
3-6″
Spacing
10-14″
Ajuga, Caitlan’s Giant
Popular as a dependable evergreen ground cover for shade and sun in most areas of the USA. ‘Caitlin’s Giant’ is a larger leafed ajuga with purple and green foliage with a ruffled edge. It is more tolerant of soil types than normal ajuga, and is actually quite drought tolerant once established. It performs equally well in sun or shade, and is a vigorous spreader, choking out weeds. Blue flower spikes appear in April through May. The plant grows 8- 10 inches tall and spreads up to 3 feet. It makes an excellent groundcover in shade or sun, but will not tolerate foot traffic well. Use stepping stones for pathways. Flowers are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
Ajuga, Chocolate Chip
Unusual, spreading miniature chocolate chip-sized foliage with shimmering lacy blue flowers. A true dwarf variety. Excellent ground cover and right at home trailing over the edge of containers.
Zones 3-11
Full sun to partial shade
Ajuga, Mahogany
Deep, rich mahogany leaves and blue flowers in spring; tolerates deep shade and bad conditions
Exposure: Plant in sun or shade
Height: 3-6″
Spacing: 12-18″
Hardy Temp -28°F (-33°C) Zones 3-9
Uses: This robust and hardy Ajuga looks great in the landscape, beds and containers
Features: Deep, rich mahogany leaves and blue flowers in spring; tolerates deep shade and bad conditions
Growing Tips
Fast growing plants spread by underground stems to create a great groundcover. Divide clumps when plantings get over crowded. Remove spent flowers, shears or even mowing on a high setting can quickly take care of the old flowers.
Ajuga, Mint Chip
A great green ground cover for a shade garden. Mint Chip is a small green leaf Ajuga that works well in shady garden paths. Fast growing, dense habit will choke out weeds.
Ajuga, Pink Lightning
This selection quickly forms a low carpet of medium-sized, ruffled leaves, in an attractive mint green shade with creamy-white edging. Short spikes of pink flowers are an added bonus in mid to late spring. Vigorous habit. Evergreen in most regions.
AVAILABLE BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2019
Ajuga, Silver Queen
Exposure: Shade, Sun
General Information: Blue flower spikes over white and green variegated leaves.
Growing Tips
Fast growing plants spread by underground stems to create a great groundcover. Divide clumps when plantings get over crowded. Remove spent flowers, shears or even mowing on a high setting can quickly take care of the old flowers.
Spacing
10-14″
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Ground Cover, Naturalize
Tolerate: Rabbit, Deer, Black Walnut
Artemesia, Silver Mound
A low grower that¹s great in beds, borders, and containers. The mounding, self-branching habit makes this fine-cut silver foliage perennial an ideal companion for many flowering plants.
Zone 3-11
Full sun
10-15″ tall and wide
Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) Plug Flat
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
• Season: Perennial
• USDA Zones: 4 – 9
• Height: 6 – 12 inches
• Bloom Season: Spring
• Bloom Color: Blue-Purple
• Environment: Partial to Full sun
• Soil Type: Moist, well-drained, pH 6.1 – 7.5
50 count Plug Flat
Calamintha Nepeta (Calamint)
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta Common Name: Calamint, Lesser Catmint
2021 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year™
This sun-loving perennial is the perfect choice for attracting pollinators, since it blooms from early summer until frost. Tiny, white to light blue flowers cover the bushy habit. Since this is in the mint family, the leaves carry a mint scent. Perfect for rock garden enthusiasts and herb gardens. Use in the landscape as you would Nepeta (Catmint).
Catmint, Felix Plug Flat
Profuse blue blooms on spiky stems.
Soft, crinkled, gray-green leaves on a short, mounding plant.
Good in containers, for borders, and the perennial herb garden. Very good choice for a tough, perennial ground cover!
Contains nepetalactone, the active ingredient in catnip that drives cats nuts..
Medicinal: In tea for nervous tension, sleeplessness. Catmint tea will put you to sleep in short order. Do not take this if operating a car or machinery!
Sun to Part Shade. 8-10″.
Zones 4-8. Hardy perennial herb.
Catmint, Pink Cat
Pink Cat is an early blooming and mounding variety of Catmint that is not commonly found. This type is somewhat shorter and bushier that common Catmint. It forms fragrant pink spikes that will attract hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.
Pink Cat works well in containers as well as in your perennial border. Compact, heat tolerant, and easy to grow with aromatic leaves.
Use as a great general ground cover, accent plant, pathway edger, or rock garden specimen. (not for foot traffic)
Crosswort, Pretty In Pink
Crosswort is one of the best fast-growing and low-spreading, flowering ground covers!
Commonly called Caucasian Crosswort, Creeping Crosswort, and Large-Styled Crosswort, this low-spreading, mat-forming, semi-evergreen ground cover has unique, narrow-leaved, deep-green, aromatic foliage foliage and blooms with globular clusters of fragrant tiny flowers. Crosswort blooms from summer to fall, and its scented flowers attract bees and butterflies.
It is also well suited for borders, rock gardens, mass planting, and containers. Crosswort grows best in full sun or partial shade requiring moderately fertile, moist, but well drained soil. Creeping Crosswort tolerates drought and poor soil conditions once established.
Height: 8 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Sun/Partial Shade
Soil Type: Rich/Average/Moist well-drained
USDA Zones: 5-9
Crosswort, Pretty In Pink Plug Flat
Crosswort is one of the best fast-growing and low-spreading, flowering ground covers!
Commonly called Caucasian Crosswort, Creeping Crosswort, and Large-Styled Crosswort, this low-spreading, mat-forming, semi-evergreen ground cover has unique, narrow-leaved, deep-green, aromatic foliage foliage and blooms with globular clusters of fragrant tiny flowers. Crosswort blooms from summer to fall, and its scented flowers attract bees and butterflies.
It is also well suited for borders, rock gardens, mass planting, and containers. Crosswort grows best in full sun or partial shade requiring moderately fertile, moist, but well drained soil. Creeping Crosswort tolerates drought and poor soil conditions once established.
Height: 8 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Sun/Partial Shade
Soil Type: Rich/Average/Moist well-drained
USDA Zones: 5-9
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Fire Spinner
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 8b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Summer, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Spreading
Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Drought Tolerant, Winter Interest (regional), Colorful/Attractive Foliage, Heat Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Frost Tolerant
Water: Light
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 8 – 12″ (20 – 30cm)
Height: 2 – 3″ (5 – 8cm)
Width: 12 – 18″ (30 – 46cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Tricolored flowers of orange, magenta and white.
Succulent green leaves.
Sporadic re-bloom may be orange and magenta only.
Grower Information:
Tricolored flowers of orange, magenta and white with succulent, green foliage.
‘P001S’
(Flowering Only License)
FIRE SPINNER is a U.S. registered trademark of Plant Select.
Hot conditions keep the flowers blooming most of the summer, and it requires little to no care.
This will look great used as a ground cover in a rock garden, in front of a perennial border, and as an erosion prevention on sloped grounds.
Can also be used on hard to grow areas in the sun garden as they have little water requirements, yet fill in very quickly. Fast growth rate, but not invasive.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Fire Spinner Plug Flat
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 8b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Summer, Late Summer
Plant Habit: Spreading
Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Drought Tolerant, Winter Interest (regional), Colorful/Attractive Foliage, Heat Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Frost Tolerant
Water: Light
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 8 – 12″ (20 – 30cm)
Height: 2 – 3″ (5 – 8cm)
Width: 12 – 18″ (30 – 46cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Tricolored flowers of orange, magenta and white.
Succulent green leaves.
Sporadic re-bloom may be orange and magenta only.
Grower Information:
Tricolored flowers of orange, magenta and white with succulent, green foliage.
‘P001S’
(Flowering Only License)
FIRE SPINNER is a U.S. registered trademark of Plant Select.
Hot conditions keep the flowers blooming most of the summer, and it requires little to no care.
This will look great used as a ground cover in a rock garden, in front of a perennial border, and as an erosion prevention on sloped grounds.
Can also be used on hard to grow areas in the sun garden as they have little water requirements, yet fill in very quickly. Fast growth rate, but not invasive.
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Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Gold Nugget
‘Gold Nugget’, has 1-2” bright single fuchsia daisy like colored blooms that cover the plant most of the summer.
The foliage is deep green, almost succulent looking, and extremely shiny.
Expect a plant spread of 18” and a height of 2-3”. Best suited for a sunny area, with some afternoon shade, with well- drained soil. It prefers dry and sandy soil and does not like wet soil, especially in the winter.
Hot conditions keep the flowers blooming most of the summer, and it requires little to no care.
This will look great used as a ground cover in a rock garden, in front of a perennial border, and as an erosion prevention on sloped grounds.
Can also be used on hard to grow areas in the sun garden as they have little water requirements, yet fill in very quickly. Fast growth rate, but not invasive.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Jewel Of Desert Garnet
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Grower Information:
Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought tolerant once established.
‘Jewel of Desert Garnet’
Protection Information: PP23,471
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Jewel Of Desert Peridot
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Grower Information:
Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought tolerant once established.
‘Jewel of Desert Peridot’
Protection Information: PP23,566
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Jewel Of Desert Rosequartz
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Grower Information:
Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought tolerant once established.
‘Jewel of Desert Rosequartz’
Protection Information: PP23,566
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Jewel Of Desert Ruby
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Grower Information:
Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought tolerant once established.
‘Jewel of Desert Ruby’
Protection Information: PP23,566
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Jewel Of Desert Topaz
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 5a – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -20°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Grower Information:
Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought tolerant once established.
‘Jewel of Desert Topaz’
Protection Information: PP23,492
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Red Mountain Flame
Scientific Name: Delosperma
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 6a – 9b
Hardiness Degree: -5°F (-20.6°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Water: Light
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 18 – 20″ (46 – 51cm)
Height: 2 – 3″ (5 – 8cm)
Width: 16 – 18″ (41 – 46cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Tough, drought-tolerant groundcover has improved color and performance over Red Mountain.
Grower Information:
Tough, drought-tolerant groundcover has improved color and performance over Red Mountain.
‘PWWGO2S’
RED MOUNTAIN is a U.S. registered trademark of Plant Select.
- Needs well drained soil/location. May not over-winter in wet conditions
Grown and shipped in 3-1/2″ Perennial Pots.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Rock Crystal Neon Red
The Rock Crystal series from Dummen Perennials is a low growing succulent groundcover with a tight and dense habit. Bright pinwheel flowers appear in abundance on sunny days. Drought tolerant once established and evergreen in the South. Attracts butterflies and bees. Deer resistant too.
- Needs well drained soil/location. May not over-winter in wet conditions
Grown and shipped in 3-1/2″ Perennial Pots.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Rock Crystal Orange
The Rock Crystal series from Dummen Perennials is a low growing succulent groundcover with a tight and dense habit. Bright pinwheel flowers appear in abundance on sunny days. Drought tolerant once established and evergreen in the South. Attracts butterflies and bees. Deer resistant too.
- Needs well drained soil/location. May not over-winter in wet conditions
Grown and shipped in 3-1/2″ Perennial Pots.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Rock Crystal White
Scientific Name: Delosperma hybrid
Common Name: Ice Plant
Hardiness Zone: 6 – 10b
Hardiness Degree: -0°F (-28.9°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer, Late Summer
Characteristics: Low Maintenance
Water: Light
Fertilize: Once a month
Spacing: 10 – 12″ (25 – 30cm)
Height: 4 – 6″ (10 – 15cm)
Width: 8 – 10″ (20 – 25cm)
Exposure: Sun
The Rock Crystal series from Dummen Perennials is a low growing succulent groundcover with a tight and dense habit. Bright pinwheel flowers appear in abundance on sunny days. Drought tolerant once established and evergreen in the South. Attracts butterflies and bees. Deer resistant too.
General Information: Heat and sun-loving, first-year-flowering series is drought-tolerant once established.
Delosperma, (Ice Plant) Table Mountain
‘Table Mountain’, has 1-2” bright single fuchsia daisy like colored blooms that cover the plant most of the summer.
The foliage is deep green, almost succulent looking, and extremely shiny. ‘Table Mountain’ is an improvement of the old fashioned Delosperma ‘Coperi’.
Expect a plant spread of 18” and a height of 2-3”. Best suited for a sunny area, with some afternoon shade, with well- drained soil. It prefers dry and sandy soil and does not like wet soil, especially in the winter.
Hot conditions keep the flowers blooming most of the summer, and it requires little to no care.
This will look great used as a ground cover in a rock garden, in front of a perennial border, and as an erosion prevention on sloped grounds.
Can also be used on hard to grow areas in the sun garden as they have little water requirements, yet fill in very quickly.
- Fuschia Colored Daisy Like Flowers
- Blooms All Season
- Loves Heat and Drought
- Height of 2-3″
- Zones 5-9
- Spread to 18″
- Evergreen in most zones. May turn yellow in fall/winter north of zone 6
Herniaria, Green Carpet
Almost as rugged as grass, this groundcover can take substantial foot traffic. It also has a deep growing tap root, so is very drought tolerant. One plant can spread up to 24″. It has been used as a lawn substitute in some areas. Many people never notice it flowering because the white blossoms are so tiny and have no petals. But the foliage remains attractive, turning a bronzy red in winter. It’s great in heavy foot traffic areas because without flowers, it doesn’t attract bees.
Excellent in rock gardens and between flagstones in pathways. Also attractive spilling over walls, out of hanging baskets, and containers. A great substitute for Creeping Thyme.
Another name for this plant is Rupturewort. Said by herbalists to be used for urinary problems, since it increases urea and sodium emission without increasing urine flow.
- USDA Zones: 6 – 10
- Height: 3 inches
- Width: 12 – 24 inches
- Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Lamium, Anne Greenaway
Common name is Spotted Dead Nettle
Deer-resistant Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
An exquisite blend of chartreuse, silver, medium-green, and mint green embellishes the foliage of L. ‘Anne Greenaway’. With such fantastic coloring, this groundcover is breathtaking even when not in bloom. Mauve flowers add to the ornamental value from late spring into early summer, then bloom sporadically until frost. Evergreen in zones 7 and above.
Exposure: Plant in sun or shade Height 8-12″ Spacing 10-14″ Hardy Temp: -30°F (-34°C) Zones 4-9 Perennial Uses: Plant alone or in combinations in all container types and landscapes. Excellent groundcover.
Lamium, Beacon Silver
Common name is Spotted Dead Nettle
Deer-resistant Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
This popular variety has silvery leaves with narrow, green margins which provide a lovely backdrop for the lavender-pink, hooded flowers produced from midspring to early summer. Lamium makes an excellent, weed-smothering groundcover and is also a good mask for dying bulb foliage.
Evergreen in zones 7 and above.
Exposure: Plant in sun or shade
Height 8-12″ Spacing 10-14″
Hardy Temp: -30°F (-34°C) Zones 4-9 Perennial
Uses: Plant alone or in combinations in all container types and landscapes. Excellent groundcover.
Lamium, Ghost
Common name is Spotted Dead Nettle
Deer-resistant Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
This very large variety dwarfs other lamiums by comparison! Standing about a foot tall, the all-silver leaves create a billowy cloud of silver in the garden. The leaves measure a full 1.5 inches long compared to 1/2 to 3/4 inches long on other varieties.
Clusters of large, bright orchid purple flowers top the clump of silver foliage in mid to late spring. The contrast between the flowers and foliage is striking and often stops passersby in their tracks! Blooms from late April thru August.
Lamium makes an excellent, weed-smothering groundcover and is also a good mask for dying bulb foliage.
Evergreen in zones 7 and above.
Exposure: Plant in sun or shade
Height 10-16″ Spacing 10-14″
Hardy Temp: -30°F (-34°C) Zones 4-9 Perennial
Uses: Plant alone or in combinations in all container types and landscapes. Excellent groundcover.
Lamium, Orchid Frost
Common name is Spotted Dead Nettle
Deer-resistant Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Silvery-white leaves with scalloped, blue-green margins are a lovely backdrop for the delicate, orchid-pink flowers which are produced profusely in midspring and sporadically throughout the summer.
The distinctive, two-toned effect of the leaves is unlike any other Lamium, and it simply glows in the shade. Clusters of large, bright orchid purple flowers top the clump of silver foliage in mid to late spring. The contrast between the flowers and foliage is striking and often stops passersby in their tracks! Blooms from late April thru August.
Lamium makes an excellent, weed-smothering groundcover and is also a good mask for dying bulb foliage.
Evergreen in zones 7 and above.
Exposure: Plant in sun or shade Height 10-16″ Spacing 10-14″ Hardy Temp: -30°F (-34°C) Zones 4-9 Perennial Uses: Plant alone or in combinations in all container types and landscapes. Excellent groundcover.
Lamium, Pink Chabils-Proven Winners
Common name is Dead Nettle
Deer-resistant Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.
Exposure
Plant in sun or shade
Height 8-12″ Spacing 10-14″
Hardy Temp
-30°F (-34°C) Zones 4-9 Perennial
Uses
Plant alone or in combinations in all container types and landscapes
Features
A frothy confection of silver and green foliage with cotton candy pink flowers; heat tolerant