Download Groundcovers - Arbor Farms Nursery

Arbor Farms Nursery
12515 Coldwater Rd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
arborfarmsnursery.com
260-637-5816
Name
Groundcovers
Height/Width
Shape
Growth Rate
6” x 12-24”
Spreading
Fast
4-8” T
Spreading
Fast
Barrenwort
10” x 10”
Spreading
Medium
Boston Ivy
50’ W
Spreading
Fast
Dianthus
8” x 12” T
Spreading
Slow/Medium
Deadnettle
8” x 24” T
Spreading
Medium
English Ivy
6-8” x 12”
Spreading/Climbing
Fast
2’ x 4’
Spreading/Climbing
Fast
3-6” x 12-20”
Spreading
Slow/Medium
3-6” x 2’
Spreading
Slow/Medium
Ajuga
Barren Strawberry
Wintercreeper Euonymus
Hens and Chicks
Ice Plant
Light
Description
A vigorous groundcover with upright flower spikes in late
spring above rosettes of colorful foliage. Also makes a good
edging plant.
Spreading groundcover for dry shade. Semi-evergreen
foliage turns bronzy-purple in the fall. Cheerful buttercup
yellow flowers in late spring. Does best in moisture
retentive soil with part shade.
Clump-forming, dwarf, deciduous perennial with red-tinted
leaf stalks and mid green leaves. Pink, yellow or white
flowers in mid-spring. Works well as a groundcover for
smaller rock gardens or in nooks and crannies.
Vigorous spreading, self clinging, deciduous vine. Glossy,
bright green leaves that turn brilliant orange to red in fall.
Great choice for walls, fences, or groundcover.
Grown for their mass of scented summer flowers. Most
varieties form attractive evergreen mats or tufts of grasslike leaves. Good in borders and rock gardens.
Spreading, mat forming perennial producing foliage with
silvery white margins. Flower colors include white, pink,
purple, and yellow. Ideal for under trees and shrubs or in a
small garden as a specimen.
Self-clinging, woody stemmed trailing vine. Its rapid growth
makes it an excellent groundcover. Prefers well drained
soil. Prune in the spring to control height and spread.
Low spreading, tough, vining green foliage. Thick textured,
oval leaves and tiny, greenish-white flowers in summer.
Makes an excellent groundcover or allow to climb a wall.
Mat-forming evergreen succulent perennial. White,
yellow, red or purple flowers are borne on upright stems.
Use for edging, rock garden, container, or groundcover.
Mat-forming perennial with green fleshy foliage. Rose-pink
flowers in summer. Rock garden, border, or groundcover.
Lamb’s Ear
8” T
Spreading
Fast
Lily of the Valley
9” x 12-16”
Spreading
Fast
Liriope
12-15” x 12”
Spreading
Medium
Variegated Liriope
10-12” x 12”
Spreading
Medium
6-12” T
Spreading
Medium/Fast
Plumbago
10” x 12”
Spreading
Medium
Creeping Phlox
2-6” x 20”
Spreading
Medium
Sedum
4” x 24”
Spreading
Medium
Snow-On-The-Mountain
12-24” T
Spreading
Fast
Solomon’s Seal
18-36”
Spreading
Slow
Creeping Thyme
3-5” T
Spreading
Medium/Fast
Vinca
4-6” T
Spreading
Fast
Sweet Woodruff
18” T
Spreading
Fast
Pachysandra
Large-leaved silver foliage plant. Rarely flowers. Good
edging or border plant for contrast.
A spreading groundcover producing upright shoots with
mid green leaves. Arching stems of scented, bell shaped
white flowers appear in spring. Tolerates poor dry soil.
Dense clumps of strap-like, dark green leaves 10-15” long
with spikes of bright violet flowers in autumn. Drought
tolerant. Excellent in mass plantings, borders, specimen or
used as a groundcover.
Dense clumps of strap-like, variegated leaves 10-12” long.
With spikes of pale violet flowers in autumn. Drought
tolerant. Excellent in mass plantings, borders, specimen or
used as a groundcover.
Lustrous green foliage and fast growth. Can be grown on
slopes or level ground in partial to full shade. White,
bottlebrush flowers are produced in spring.
Spreading perennial produces clusters of deep blue flowers
from late summer to early fall. Bronzy-green foliage turns
scarlet-red in fall. Great groundcover, or for rock gardens.
Dense cushions of bright green leaves and small flowers in
various colors late spring to early summer. Good for rock
gardens, groundcover, edging or woodland setting.
Semi-evergreen with a dense creeping habit--for hot, dry
sites. Orange, to yellow, to pink flowers appear in early
summer. Excellent for groundcover or rock garden use.
Vigorous spreading perennial producing mats of silveredged foliage. Clusters of small white flowers in
midsummer. Excellent in containers or as a groundcover.
An arching perennial that spreads by rhizomatous roots.
Clusters of pendulous greenish white bell-shaped flowers
hang down beneath bright green leaves in spring.
A low growing perennial herb with small leaves and
flowers. Use in rock gardens or as a groundcover.
Forms mats of small, glossy, dark green leaves. Small blue
flowers bloom from spring to early summer. A tough, easy
to grow plant. Makes an excellent groundcover.
Low, spreading perennial bearing sweetly fragrant, tiny,
star-shaped white flowers in summer above neat whorled
leaves. Attracts bees. Great dry shade groundcover.
Revised 2013