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3: Groundcovers 2-5-03
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Vinca minor,
Lesser Periwinkle
| Family: Apocynaceae |
Light: Full sun, part shade |
| Water: Moderate |
Spread: Several feet |
| Bloom time and color: Spring to early summer; lavender,
white or red-purple |
Height: 4-6" |
| Propagation: Cuttings in summer or dividing clumps in fall |
Zone: 4-9 |
Aubrieta spp., False Rockcress
| Family: Brassicaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Dry |
Spread: 24" or more |
| Bloom time and color: Early to mid spring; rose lilac to purple |
Height: 2" |
| Propagation: Cuttings in summer or dividing clumps in fall |
Zone: 4-7 |
Iberis sempervirens 'Snowflakes',
Candytuft
| Family: Brassicaceae |
Light: Full sun to part shade |
| Water: Moist to dry |
Spread: 24" spread |
| Bloom time and color: Spring; white |
Height: 6"-12" |
| Propagation: Seed or asexual propagation |
Zone: 3-9 |
Campanula x
Birch hybrid,
Bellflower
| Family: Campanulaceae |
Light: Full sun to part shade |
| Water: Moist to dry, doesn't like to totally dry out |
Spread: 12" spread |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer; pale
blue, white or lavender |
Height: 6"-12" |
| Propagation: Division or cuttings |
Zone: 3-7 |
Cerastium tomentosum,
Snow In Summer
| Family: Caryophyllaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: 12" |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer; white |
Height: 6-10" |
| Propagation: Stem tip cuttings or division |
Zone: 2-7 |
Dianthus plumarius, Cottage
Pinks
| Family: Caryophyllaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Dry to evenly moist |
Spread: 2' |
| Bloom time and color: Spring to summer; pink |
Height: 1-2' |
| Propagation: Division in spring or cuttings in summer |
Zone: 3-9 |
Dianthus deltoides 'Flashing
light', Maiden Pinks
| Family: Caryophyllaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Dry to evenly moist |
Spread: 1-2' |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer; rose,
pink, white, or bi-colored |
Height: 6"-12" |
| Propagation: Division in spring or cuttings in summer |
Zone: 3-9 |
Sedum spurium, Two row
sedum
| Family: Crassulaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 2-3' |
| Bloom time and color: Mid-summer; Pinkish-red |
Height: 4" |
| Propagation: Division in spring or cuttings in summer |
Zone: 4-9 |
Sedum rupestre, Sedum
| Family: Crassulaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: |
| Bloom time and color: Summer; yellow |
Height: |
| Propagation: Division in spring or cuttings in summer |
Zone: |
Sempervivum tectorum,
Hen and Chicks
| Family: Crassulaceae |
Light: Full sun to part shade |
| Water: Dry |
Spread: 2' wide |
| Bloom time and color: Summer; red-purple |
Height: 2"-4" tall |
| Propagation: Divide clumps, or pick off individual "chicks"
and plant anytime during growing season |
Zone: 4-8 |
Ajuga reptans,
Bugleweed
| Family: Lamiaceae |
Light: Full sun to shade |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 3' or more |
| Bloom time and color: Early to late spring |
Height: 4"-6" spikes of flowers |
| Propagation: Dividing clumps or root cuttings from the
stolons |
Zone: 3-9 |
Thymus
pseudolanuginosus,
Wooly Thyme
| Family: Lamiaceae |
Light: Full sun to light shade |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 1-3' |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer |
Height: 1"-3" |
| Propagation: Cuttings in spring or summer; can also mound
layer in spring |
Zone: 5-8 |
Thymus vulgaris,
Creeping Thyme
| Family: Lamiaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 30" wide |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer; Purple,
white, red or pink |
Height: 6"-12" |
| Propagation: Cuttings in spring or summer; can also mound
layer in spring |
Zone: 4-8 |
Thymus x citriodorus,
Lemon Thyme
| Family: Lamiaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 2' |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer |
Height: 10"-12" |
| Propagation: Cuttings in spring or summer; can also mound
layer in spring |
Zone: 5-9 |
Thymus spp. 'Elfin',
Elfin Thyme
| Family: Lamiaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 4"-8" |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to early summer |
Height: 1"-2" tall |
| Propagation: Cuttings in spring or summer; Can also mound
layer in spring |
Zone: 4-8 |
Armeria maritima 'Rubrifloia',
Sea Pink
| Family: Plumbaginaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate to dry |
Spread: 1' wide |
| Bloom time and color: Early summer; pink to reddish-purple
or white |
Height: 1½"-5" long
stems |
| Propagation: Division in spring, cuttings from shoots in
summer, or seeds |
Zone: 6 |
Molinia
caerulea 'Variegata',
Variegated Purple Moor Grass
| Family: Poaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: 1'-2' |
| Bloom time and color: Early to mid-summer; Yellow, green
purplish flowers |
Height: 1'-2' |
| Propagation: Dividing clumps in spring or seeds |
Zone: 5-9 |
Phlox subulata,
Creeping Phlox
| Family: Polemoniaceae |
Light: Full sun to part shade |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: 1½'-2' wide mats |
| Bloom Time: Early to mid spring |
Height: 2"-6" |
| Propagation: Dividing in spring or cuttings in early to
mid-summer |
Zone: 2-9 |
| Bloom Color: Red-purple to
violet-purple, pink or white |
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Muehlenbeckia
axillaris,
Creeping Wire Vine
| Family: Polygonaceae |
Light: Part shade |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: 1' or more |
| Bloom time and color: Summer; yellow |
Height: ¼" |
| Propagation: Seed or division |
Zone: 8-10 |
Fragaria chiloensis,
Pink Panda Strawberry
| Family: Rosaceae |
Light: Full sun to light shade |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: Spreads indefinitely by stolons |
| Bloom time and color: Spring; Pink |
Height: 2"-3" |
| Propagation: Separating and potting up plants that form on
the ends of the stolons or by seeds |
Zone: 4-7 |
Potentilla neumaniana, Potentilla
| Family: Rosaceae |
Light: Full sun |
| Water: Moderate |
Spread: 1' wide mats |
| Bloom time and color: Mid-to late spring; Yellow |
Height: 4" |
| Propagation: Dig clumps in spring or fall and propagate by
division |
Zone: 4-8 |
Galium odoratum, Sweet
Woodruff
| Family: Rubiaceae |
Light: Part to full shade |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: |
| Bloom time and color: Late spring to summer;
White, pinkish or yellow |
Height: 6"-8" |
| Propagation: Division |
Zone: 4-8 |
Saxifraga stolonifera,
Strawberry Geranium
| Family: Saxifragaceae |
Light: Part shade |
| Water: Moist |
Spread: 1' or more |
| Bloom time and color: Mid-late spring; Rose to blood
red, white or yellow |
Height: 2"-4" |
| Propagation: Division in spring, separating individual
rosettes of foliage and rooting them, or by seeds |
Zone: 6-9 |