Category: Ground cover plants

Ground cover plants are low-growing species that can beautifully decorate the spaces between stepping stones, fill in shady spots, or replace grass. Let’s look at over 30 low-maintenance ground cover plants suitable for sunny and shady spots, drought-tolerant areas, foot traffic, and even wildlife-friendly gardens. Introduction to ground cover plants Ground cover plants are a…

Red creeping thyme, with its lovely shades of red and pink, can make an excellent ground cover for your yard and garden. But that’s not the only thing it offers. Let’s talk about thyme! Red creeping thyme is a flowering perennial in the Thymus botanical genus that most often serves as a hardworking and low-maintenance…

Pachysandra is a shade-loving evergreen groundcover plant perfect for carpeting low-light areas with a rich, forest-green lushness. This plant is low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and long-lived in the garden. Pachysandra most often refers to the plant Pachysandra terminalis, also known as Japanese pachysandra or Japanese spurge. Let’s look at the characteristics of Pachysandra terminalis and its use…

Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a lovely herbaceous perennial plant well-suited as a groundcover in a shady woodland garden. Delicate green leaves appear as the ground thaws each spring, becoming a rich emerald tone in April. The fine foliage is topped with tiny white flowers in May and remains attractive throughout the growing season. Sweet…