PLANTS FOR GROUND COVER 



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Phlox suhulata 

 Moss Pink 



Santolina chamaecyparissus 



Lavender Cotton 

 Sedum album 



White Stonecrop 

 Sedum spurium 



Spreading Stonecrop 



Sedum stoloniferum 



Purple Stonecrop 

 Tunica saxifraga 



Saxifrage-like Tunica 

 Vinca minor 



Periwinkle 

 Yucca filamentosa 



Adam's Needle 



C. Shady Locations. The following group of plants contains 

 only the most common types which have proved successful for ground 

 cover under large trees and in heavily shaded situations on lawns. 

 It is best for most of these plants to have as a basis for their growth 

 good soil, although some of them, such as the periwinkle and the Japa- 

 nese spurge, will grow under extreme conditions of Hght soil with little 

 moisture. For the greatest success with this Hst of plants they should 

 be well moistened during dry spells. For supplementary infor- 

 mation on ground-cover plants, in shaded locations, see sub-group No. 

 XXXI-C. 



Aegopodium podagraria 



Goutweed 

 Ajuga reptans 



Bugle 

 Convallaria majalis 



Lily-of-the-valley 

 Cornus canadensis 



Bunchberry 

 Evonymus obovatus 



Running Strawberry Bush 

 Evonymus radicans acutus 



Hybrid Japanese Evergreen Ivy 

 Gaultheria procumbens 



Wintergreen 

 Hedera helix lobata 



English Ivy 

 Hepatic a triloba 



Hepatica 

 Hydrophyllum appendiculatum 



Appendaged Water Leaf 

 Hydrophyllum virginicum 



Water Leaf 



Lysimachia nummularia 

 Moneywort 



Mahonia repens 



Creeping Mahonia 

 Mitchella repens 



Partridge Berry 

 Pachysandra caroliniana 



Carolina Spurge 

 Pachysandra terminalis 



Japanese Spurge 

 Poly gala paucifolia 



Milkwort 



Polygonatum multiflorum, 



Solomon's Seal 

 Sanguinaria canadensis 



Blood root 

 Sedum spurium 



Spreading Stonecrop 

 Taxus canadensis 



Ground Yew 

 Trillium erectum album 



White Wake Robin 

 Tussilago farfara 



Colt's Foot 

 Vinca minor 



Periwinkle 



D. Ferns. There is a great variety of ferns adapted for use 

 in different types of soil, both as a ground cover in the open and more 



