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.

Conifers with a horizontal nature can form  very effective ground cover