GROUNDCOVER PLANTS 
A list such as this cannot hope to cover all kinds of plants that may be used 
as groundcovers. In large landscape projects such plants as Mountainlaurel 
Kalmia, (Kalmia latifolia), many varieties of medium to tall growing shrubs 
and the like might be used for broad groundcover effects. 
Our intention here is not to cover this kind of use, but to indicate the 
plants that are useful as groundcovers in the commonly accepted sense of 
the word. In general, therefore, the list is limited to plants which rarely 
exceed three feet in height, even in maturity. There are some exceptions, in 
the case of such plants as Dwarf Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata nana), which, 
although eventually it would normally reach five or six feet in height, can be 
maintained almost indefinitely, by pruning at a height of two feet or less. 
For your convenience in choosing the kind of groundcover best suited for 
your purpose, we have indicated the approximate normal height of the plants 
listed as follows. 
Where two letters occur it indicates a variable species, some individuals of 
which are lower than others. 

P = prostrate or trailing M = one to two feet tall 
S = less than one foot tall Ibeover two feetitall 
Evergreens Deciduous Shrubs 
t Abies fraseri prostrata tu Amelchanchier stolonifera 
sM Juniperus communis depressa m Azalea obtusa 
mM Juniperus sabina t Azalea yedoensis poukhanensis 
st Pinus mugo mughus ~ Cornus, Hv. Kelseydwarf 
mM ‘T'axus canadensis mM Genista pilosa 
ML ‘Taxus cuspidata nana tr Myrica pensylvanica 
m Rhododendron canadense (moist 
places) 
Broadleaf Evergreens Lt Rosa rugosa 
i Salix purpurea, Hv. Dwart 
p <Arctostaphyllos uvaursi mit Xanthoriza simplicissima 
mM Buxus microphylla koreana 
mM Calluna, in variety Vi 
s Calluna vulgaris nana Se 
m Chamaedaphne (for SHES places) mu Celastrus orbiculata punctata 
sey ovoneasicr horizontalis 4 sm Kuonymus fortunei radicans 
s Cotoneaster horizontalis perpusilla a Euonymus fortunei vegetus 
horizontalis wilsoni 
microphylla 
s Cotoneaster 
Cotoneaster 
s Kuonymus fortunei minimus 
Kuonymus fortunei Hv. Glossy 
M 
: Daphne ene ps Kuonmyus fortunei Hv. Purpleleat 
- Epigaca eee yp Hedera helix, Hv. Baltic Ivy 
ce ps Lonicera japonica halliana 
s Galax aphylla 
ps Gaylussacia brachycera 
Mt Kalmia angustifolia , 
at ae : Please turn to next page for ground- 
t Leucothoe catesbaei : 
ep Mitchella repens cover list of Hardy Herbaceous Peren- 
s Pachistima canbyi 
nials. 
s Pachysandra terminalis ; 
~~ Pieris floribunda We are always glad to advise on special 
i Rhododendron laetivirens problems. 
pep Shortia galacifolia 
ps Vaccinium vitisidaea majus For descriptions of plants in these 
Sader cs ee : 
’ T S ; or e . - , ‘ ‘ ‘ 
a Neko iia ae special lists please refer to general alpha- 
pe Vinea minor ; whee 
py Vinea minor alba betical listings. 
