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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 L — over two feet tall 
Evergreens 
p Juniperus chinensis sargenti 
sm Juniperus communis depressa 
p Juniperus horizontalis 
p Juniperus horizontalis douglasi 
s Juniperus horizontalis plumosa 
m Juniperus sabina 
st Pinus mugo mughus 
m ‘Taxus canadensis 
mui ‘Taxus cuspidata nana 
Deciduous Shrubs 
om Azalea obtusa 
t Azalea yedoensis poukhanensis 
om Genista pilosa 
t Myrica pensylvanica 
tL Rosa rugosa 
mi Xanthorhiza simplicissima 
The BEARBERRY, Arctostaphylos uvaursi, taking possession of a 
sand bank on Cape Cod. Our most beautiful Hardy Trailing 
Vines Groundcover. 
m Celastrus orbiculata punctata 
pep Hedera helix, Hv. Baltic Ivy 
ps Lonicera japonica halliana Broadleaf Evergreens 
rp Arctostaphyllos uvaursi t Leucothoe catesbaei 
Ske m Calluna in variety p Mitchella repens 
s Calluna vulgaris nana s Pachistima canbyi 
t Chamaedaphne (for moist places) s Pachysandra terminalis 
, s Cotoneaster horizontalis Lt Pieris floribunda 
We are always glad to advise m Cotoneaster microphylla t Rhododendron laetivirens 
on special problems. s Daphne cneorum pep Shortia galacifolia 
p Epigaea repens ps Vaccinium vitisidaea majus 
For descriptions of plants in s Krica carnea p Vaccinium vitisidaea minus 
s - s Galax aphylla p  Vinea minor 
these special lists please refer to ps Gaylussacia brachycera p Vinea minor alba 
general alphabetical listings. mi Kalmia angustifolia rp Vinea minor, Hv. Bowles 
