Reasons to consider ground cover for your garden

• Ground cover can be designed to be low maintenance
• Good cover will soften edges and sides of paths
• Soil on slopes or banking can be held in place
• Difficult areas with access problems can be covered in style
• Bare soil can be unsightly unless covered
• Good plant selection can make a feature of ground cover
• Ground cover can add balance and harmony within the garden

Plants for Ground Cover Situations

• Auga reptans blue flower spikes aka Bugle ‘burgundy glow’
• Vinca major and minor - both evergreen periwinkles
• Pachysandra terminalis - whirling evergreen leaves
• Epimedium rubrum - green flushed red
• Euonymus fortunei - Emerald ‘n’ gold broad yellow margins
• Geranium renardii G macrorhizum useful but not spectacular
• Deadnettle lamium maculatum aureum - variegated leaf with purple flowers
• Ivy for deep shade or variegated forms for light shade
• Ophiopogon planiscapus - Black mondo grass
• Epimedium Niveum - White Flowers
• Juniper Squamata - blue needles and prostrate habit
• Viburnum Davidii - Mound forming sweet scented flowers

Build your Confidence

There are no absolutes in gardening. If something doesn’t work to your satisfaction try something else. I use low heather and ling to cover some rough ground. There are roses sold as ground cover and any number of other plants may suit your requirements so give it a try.