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GROUNDCOVER PLANTS 
A list such as this cannot h cover all kinds of 
ot 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. 
M — one to two feet tall 
L — over two feet tall 
P — prostrate or trailing 
S — less than one foot tall 
Evergreens 
p Juniperus chinensis sargenti 
sm Juniperus communis depressa 
py Juniperus horizontalis 
p Juniperus horizontalis douglasi 
s Juniperus horizontalis plumosa 
mM Juniperus sabina 
st Pinus mugo mughus 
m ‘Taxus canadensis 
mt ‘Taxus cuspidata nana 
Deciduous Shrubs 
mu Azalea obtusa 
t Azalea yedoensis poukhanensis 
mM Genista pilosa 
Myrica pensylvanica 
Rosa rugosa 
mi Xanthorhiza simplicissima 
‘ine BEARBERRY, Arctostaphylos unvaursi, taking possession of a 
Our 
Groundeover. 
sand bank on Cape Cod. most beautiful Hardy Trailing 
Vines 
m Celastrus orbiculata punctata 
p Hedera helix, Hy. Baltic Ivy 
ps Lonicera japonica halliana Broadleaf Evergreens 
p Arctostaphyllos uvaursi t Leucothoe catesbaei 
See m Calluna in variety p Mitchella repens 
s CaJluna vulgaris nana s Pachistima canbyi 
ti Chamaedaphne (for moist places) s Pachysandra terminalis 
s Cotoneaster horizontalis t Pieris floribunda 
We are always glad to advise m Cotoneaster microphylla t Rhododendron laetivirens 
on special problems. s Daphne cneorum pe Shortia galacifolia 
p Epigaea repens ps Vaccinium vitisidaea majus 
For descriptions of plants in s Erica carnea P ME CLO vitisidaea minus 
s Galax aphylla p Vinca minor 
these special lists please refer to ps Gaylussacia brachycera Vinea minor alba 
general alphabetical listings. mut Kalmia angustifolia pe Vinea minor, Hv. Bowles 
