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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