Ground Cover Hardy

Potentilla fruticosa 'Mandarin Tango'

…shining out amongst low mounds of tiny, mid-green foliage that provides excellent ground cover. Drought-tolerant, they are perfect for rockeries, patios and courtyard gardens where they can be grown in the open ground or in containers. The nectar-rich flowers attract a host of beneficial insects…  More Info

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Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Lady'

…shining out amongst low mounds of tiny, mid-green foliage that provides excellent ground cover. Drought-tolerant, they are perfect for rockeries, patios and courtyard gardens where they can be grown in the open ground or in containers. The nectar-rich flowers attract a host of beneficial insects…  More Info

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Geranium Cloud Collection

…border perennials, flowering generously on very hardy and disease-free plants and tolerating most soil types. Geranium ?Cloud? Collection contains two rewarding varieties which will quickly fill gaps in mixed borders or provide colourful ground cover. Geranium ?Cloud? Collection comprises 2 jumbo…  More Info

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Antirrhinum majus pumilum 'Magic Carpet' - Kew Collection Seeds

…Collection and The Kew Urban Garden Collection have been specially selected by The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Antirrhinum 'Magic Carpet' - a summer ground cover to banish those weeds for good! A favourite when I was a child, I couldn't get enough of the small 'snapdragon' blooms, opening and closing…  More Info

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Spring Bulb Beach Collection

…25cm (10"). Spread: 10cm (4"). Muscari Blue & White Mix (30 bulbs) - This mix of blue and white varieties will create colourful ground cover to edge borders, brighten patio pots or flood beds with a mass planting for a really big impact. Height and spread: 20cm (8"). Daffodil…  More Info

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Centaurea dealbata

…insects. Centaurea dealbata quickly forms dense clumps of large, ornately cut foliage. Planted en masse they knit together to form fabulous swathes of ground cover. A fuss-free perennial that?s perfect for herbaceous borders, cottage gardens and wildlife areas. Height: 90cm (36). Spread: 60cm (24).  More Info

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Hosta 'Sum and Substance'

…July. This is the Hosta for a shady courtyard or border, where it makes a bold statement. It looks good with ferns and provides really effective ground cover in areas where many other plants prefer not to grow. Give it shade and moist conditions and it will reward you with lush foliage which looks…  More Info

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Antirrhinum 'Candy Showers'

Cascading from containers and hanging baskets, or creeping along edges as spreading ground cover, the trailing stems of Antirrhinum ‘Candy Showers’ bloom readily even on short days making it a long season bedder that performs from spring to autumn. Excellent as a stand-alone display or…  More Info

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Cephalanthus 'Magical Moonlight'

…to catering for bees and butterflies. The Button Bush is truly unique, with florets of white tubular flowers that open to form perfect spheres covered in a multitude of yellow-tipped pin-like stamens. Not only does 'Magical Moonlight' add a celestial feeling to your garden through midsummer, but…  More Info

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Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis

…is so versatile it will grow in almost any soil or situation - even those impossible dry shaded spots! A wonderful compact plant for woodland ground cover, or low informal hedges. You can even cut a few stems for a vase indoors! Grows to 60cm (24). Supplied in 9cm pot. Useful links: How to plant…  More Info

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Euonymus fortunei 'Blonde Beauty'

…The leathery creamy-yellow leaves with green margins form a dense compact shrub which is ideal for borders, patio containers, low hedging and ground cover. This superb Euonymus will happily grow in difficult clay soils, North-facing positions and will even tolerate drought once established. Add some…  More Info

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Vinca minor 'Illumination'

…minor 'Illumination' is a fantastic low-maintenance addition to the garden and provides all-year-round interest. Grow Lesser Periwinkle as ground cover, on sunny steep banks or beneath trees and shrubs where it tolerates even heavy shade and brightens the darkest corner. It also makes a fantastic…  More Info

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Prunella grandiflora 'White'

This low-growing, spreading perennial makes a useful addition to the front of borders where it will create superb ground cover. Prunella grandiflora 'White' boasts pure white blooms in summer which are loved by pollinating insects. The dark green foliage is semi-evergreen retaining many of its…  More Info

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Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood'

…August. Tucked into dry stone walls, rockeries and crevices, or running along border edges, it makes excellent evergreen, drought-tolerant, ground cover. Height: 10cm (4”). Spread: 40cm (16”). Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant…  More Info

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Hosta 'Olive Bailey Langdon'

…will appear bringing some elegance to the garden. These Plantain Lilies are great for a shady spot on a patio or border as these create dense ground cover. In the winter they will go completely dormant and the dying foliage can be removed before mid-spring. Height: 75cm (29). Spread: 120cm (48).  More Info

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Carex comans 'Green'

…textural interest for borders and pots throughout the year. It is useful for the front of borders, where it supplies weed-supressing ground cover, or for adding interest to winter containers. It associates well with prairie-style borders and coastal plantings. Carex comans ‘Green’…  More Info

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Blues Colour Collection

…(24).* Lamium maculatum ?Beacon Silver? ? Lamium or dead nettle (non-stinging!) are very useful hardy perennials. Tough and resilient, they thrive in shade on almost any soil, making ideal ground cover or a must-have addition to a woodland or wildlife garden. ?Beacon Silver? is a stunning variety…  More Info

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Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'

…dense covering of glossy, toothed leaves. In early summer, upright spikes of small white flowers emerge above the sea of green. Tolerant of any soil and thriving in partial to full shade, Japanese Spurge is fantastic for low maintenance gardens, underplanting of trees and shrubs and for covering…  More Info

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Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'

…shrub! The leathery green leaves with white margins form a dense compact shrub which is ideal for borders, patio containers, low hedging and ground cover. Winner of a prestigious RHS AGM, Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety' can even be trained to climb a wall or fence. Thriving in almost any…  More Info

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Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'

…from March to May. ?Blue Ensign? has unusually broad foliage, unspotted and more refined, creating low spreading clumps that form an attractive ground cover. Awarded an RHS AGM, this superb variety attracts pollinating insects with its nectar rich blooms, and is ideal for bringing spring colour to…  More Info

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Allium 'Medusa'

…foliage. Each leaf tip has an intriguing leaf tip. The grey-green foliage forms a rounded clump that when planted in dense groups forms useful ground cover. In early summer globes of lollipop flower-heads appear atop the slender upright stems. The flower buds have a nodding, viper like appearance…  More Info

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Nurserymans Choice Grass Collection

…penstemons, rudbeckias and more to break up the planting scheme with a contrasting texture. Grasses are also great for easy, low-maintenance ground cover, such as underplanting trees and shrubs. Our Nurseryman's Choice Grass Collection may include Miscanthus, Pennisteum, Carex, Festuca, Acorus,…  More Info

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Heucherella 'Tapestry'

…along border edges or underplanted around larger plants and shrubs, it associates beautifully with other shade-loving perennials. Great for ground cover. It also works well in containers for shady areas around the house. Height: 25cm (10in). Spread: 30cm (12in). Plant height and spread is seasonal…  More Info

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Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'

…from moist to drought-prone soils, and from full sun and dappled shade. With a spreading habit, Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' is perfect for ground cover, especially around ponds. The leaves give off a scent of oranges when bruised and are even edible, giving a wonderful citrusy flavouring to…  More Info

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Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop'

…sun. This perennial plant is more sun tolerant than many other varieties. Attract pollinating insects to your wildlife garden by growing Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' as ground cover, or alternatively use at the front of borders or creeping through rockeries. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 60cm (24).  More Info

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Sedum takesimense 'Atlantis'

…insects. With a low, spreading growth habit, Sedum takesimense 'Atlantis' forms a wide cushion of foliage over time, making excellent ground cover. Plant this drought resistant perennial in a sunny spot for the best display, although it will also tolerate partial shade. Ideal for creating…  More Info

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Petunia hybrida 'Purple Tower' F1 hybrid

…frame by the end of the summer. Train the free-flowering stems onto a plant climbing support for a pillar of fragrant blooms, or let them spread through beds and borders as a carpet of colourful ground cover. The perfect focal point for your garden this summer! Height and spread: 120cm (48).  More Info

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Botanical Infusions Plants - Collection

…give them their intense, sugary taste. The roots have a liquorice flavour. It also produces small white flowers in the summer. Trailing and ground covering, it can be grown in a border or container. It looks especially good in a hanging basket where its long tendrils can dangle for easy picking.…  More Info

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Evergreen Patio Shrub Collection

…semi-evergreen silvery green leaves with white margins providing all year-round interest in the garden or in patio containers. Makes superb ground cover and can also be wall-trained. Height: 100cm (39). Spread: 150cm (59).* Euonymus ‘Emerald 'n' Gold’ - A well-known RHS AGM variety.…  More Info

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Hydrangea anomala petiolaris 'Semiola'

…require any tying-in making it a great option for low-maintenance gardens. As well as its use as a climber, it can also be grown as spreading ground cover. Height and spread: 3m (10ft). Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and…  More Info

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Athyrium filix-femina

…range of conditions in damp, shady areas. Plant Athyrium filix-femina in bold drifts through woodland-type borders where it makes excellent ground cover. Its elegant, yellow-green foliage is perfect for creating exciting contrasts with colour and texture. Try it alongside grassy Carex and…  More Info

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Hypericum x dummeri 'Peter Dummer'

This St John's Wort plant is perfect for low maintenance ground cover. Hypericum x dummeri 'Peter Dummer' is semi-evergreen and has small yellow flowers, with orange anthers, between July and September. In autumn red-flushed conical fruits appear, and the foliage has red-hues. It is a very durable…  More Info

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Heuchera villosa 'Palace Purple'

…plants or flowers for contrast. Heuchera villosa 'Palace Purple' is fantastic for containers, the front of borders, or planted in drifts as ground cover, where the dainty flowers will attract bees. Height and spread: 60cm (24). Supplied as plug plants. Culinary information: The leaves can be tossed…  More Info

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Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie'

…to bees. This lively semi-evergreen perennial looks sensational in patio containers, the front of borders, or planted in bold drifts as ground cover. Heuchera ?Berry Smoothie? flowers can also be cut for a vase indoors. Height and spread: 45cm (18). Supplied as plug plants. Culinary information:…  More Info

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Nurserymans Choice Alpine Phlox

Alpine Phlox are unsurpassable for creating low, spreading ground cover, or cascading down walls, slopes and rockeries. These resourceful little perennials will grow in the toughest of places, making them perfect for filling crevices or plugging narrow gaps between patio slabs. Their bright, starry…  More Info

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Summer Heat Colour Collection

…thrives in shade on dry or damp soils. Geranium endressii (1 Bare Root) - Bright pink flowers above a mound of lobed foliage that makes superb ground cover. Peony 'Sarah Bernhardt' (1 Bare Root) - An exquisite herbaceous peony with ruffled, flamingo-pink, double blooms that open from large, and…  More Info

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Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir White'

…etched with a delicate tracery of pale lilac veins. Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir White’ is one of the longest and most prolific flowering hardy geraniums, creating drifts of shimmering flowers from June to September over ground-covering and weed-suppressing foliage. Lovely in drifts through…  More Info

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Summer Grass Trio

…colour, texture and habit. These adaptable grasses bring colour and movement to borders, rockeries and gravel gardens where they provide useful ground cover. Alternatively, plant them into patio containers as a striking textural contrast to other perennials. Summer Grass Trio comprises the following…  More Info

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Heuchera Collection

…Collection offers a fabulous trio of contrasting colours in lime green, violet and peach plus gorgeous foliage texture. Heucheras are invaluable as ground cover, fantastic for container displays and ideal for softening the edges of borders or underplanting around shrubs. Their sprays of tiny flowers…  More Info

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Prunella vulgaris

…native wildflower is perfect for introducing into wildflower lawns, wildflower patches or creeping along border edges for low-maintenance ground cover. If you would like some wildflowers in the lawn but don?t want long grass, it?s a good choice as it will survive mowing and if the flower heads…  More Info

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Nasturtium 'Jewel of Africa'

…striped with cream, against a light green background. They make fantastic, dramatic container and basket plants or simply use them for effective ground cover. They also look good trailing and climbing over conifers, hedges and short walls. Please Note: Occasionally some plants produce pure green…  More Info

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Aztec Sweet Herb 'Colada' (Botanical Infusions Plants)

…give them their intense, sugary taste. The roots have a liquorice flavour. It also produces small white flowers in the summer. Trailing and ground covering, it can be grown in a border or container. It looks especially good in a hanging basket where its long tendrils can dangle for easy picking.…  More Info

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Leucothoe 'Scarletta'

…partial shade. In full sun, it develops an almost metallic sheen. Leucothoe can look deceptively exotic, but they're easy to grow. The plants are hardy and perfect for acid-soiled shady borders. These lovely shrubs combine beautifully with other evergreens, particularly golden leaved varieties, such…  More Info

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Weigela 'Candida'

…particularly large cultivar, at its best when grown as a specimen shrub and given space to mature and to allow the branches to arch to the ground. Its stems are covered with elegant, simple white tubular flowers in May and June. These nectar-rich blooms are popular with pollinating insects, making…  More Info

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Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'

This little ground-hugging sedum forms attractive whorled rosettes of fleshy, evergreen, silvery leaves covered with a white bloom. In summer the foliage colour intensifies, taking on bluish-grey hues which contrast with tiny, star-like, yellow flowers that are attractive to pollinating insects.…  More Info

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Sedum spathulifolium 'Purpureum'

This little ground-hugging sedum forms attractive whorled rosettes of fleshy, evergreen, reddish-purple leaves covered with a white bloom. In summer it bears clusters of tiny, yellow, star-like flowers that are attractive to pollinating insects. Plant Sedum ‘Purpureum’ in gravel and…  More Info

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Petunia 'Tickled Pink'

…to create a colourful curtain of blooms. Alternatively, allow it to cascade from a large basket or use it to form a spreading carpet of vivid ground cover. Fragrant, 2in, bright magenta blooms are held on vigorous, weather-resistant plants that can grow up to 6 foot in one season. Height and spread:…  More Info

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Vinca major

Vinca major is an exceptionally tough variety that will flourish in almost any position in the garden, from full sun to difficult shady corners. Periwinkle is a robust, low growing shrub that produces inky blue flowers from April right through until September. Vinca bears dark green, evergreen…  More Info

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Blechnum penna-marina

A beautiful, evergreen, ground-covering fern for moist, acid soils. Blechnum penna-marina slowly forms mats of delicate finger-like fronds that emerge in shades of pink, bronze and red before maturing to fresh green. Lovely paired with the young bronze foliage of Epimedium 'Frohnleiten'. This useful…  More Info

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Erigeron karvinskianus

Flowering all the way from May until the first frosts, this ground-covering daisy is a superb choice for edging borders, filling wall and paving cracks, lining steps or planting in rockeries. Erigeron karvinskianus continually produces masses of small white daisies with yellow centres which mature…  More Info

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Woodland Garden Bulb Duo

…followed by a sea of Bluebells which herald the return of warmer weather. These low maintenance bulbs are ideal for naturalising beneath deciduous trees and shrubs to form maintenance-free ground cover that will gradually spread as the years pass by. Height and spread: 30cm (12). Spread: 10cm (4).  More Info

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Geranium Hardy Double Collection

…this Geranium Hardy Double Collection. Low maintenance and undemanding, these hardy perennials are 'must have' for any cottage garden planting scheme and make a wonderful addition to herbaceous borders where their informal clump-forming habits will create colourful ground cover, even in shady areas.…  More Info

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Ajuga Feathered Friends 'Cordial Canary'

…flowers in late spring and summer. Ideal for ground cover, underplanting trees and shrubs, woodland gardens and adding to rockeries and mixed containers. Low-maintenance and happy to grow almost anywhere, the Feathered Friends™ series comprises hardy and versatile evergreen bugles that provide…  More Info

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Phlox subulata 'Pharao Red Eye'

Use Phlox subulata 'Pharao Red Eye' to create a gorgeously fragrant spreading ground cover in borders, rockeries or gravel gardens. This low-growing creeping hardy phlox produces a profusion of beautiful flowers from late spring onwards every year, each flower is a refreshing shade of cool white,…  More Info

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Lobelia 'Starship Scarlet'

Lobelia 'Starship Scarlet' is a half hardy perennial plant that produces 15cm (6) spikes of bright scarlet red flowers from June to September. It will spread about 45cm (18), making it an ideal ground cover plant to provide colour and act as a weed supressant. Suitable for garden borders, and…  More Info

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Fantastic Fern 'Pewter Lace'

…var. pictum 'Pewter Lace' produces beautiful, arching fronds that bring texture and architecture to planting schemes. The foliage is soft grey-green, contrasting with the claret red midribs. Once established, this hardy perennial forms excellent ground cover. Height: 50cm (19?). Spread: 100cm (39?).  More Info

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Geranium Hardy Collection

…to gently soften path edges and effortlessly create that cottage garden feel. Invaluable for quickly plugging gaps or providing colourful ground cover. Hardy geraniums never disappoint! Geranium ‘Double Jewel’ (1 x Bare Root Plant) - Features double blooms forming elegant rosettes of…  More Info

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Hardy Geranium Collection

Hardy Geraniums are a versatile, easy to grow and perfect for beginner gardeners. This superb collection contains something for every part of the garden - shade lovers, spreading ground cover, sun worshippers and cottage garden classics. Flowering from late spring onwards, these herbaceous…  More Info

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Geranium Doubles Hardy Collection

…that makes excellent ground cover. Unlike its single-flowered relations, Geranium pratense 'Laura' does not self-seed, making it easier to control. Height and spread: 60cm (24).* Geranium ‘Double Jewel’ - A ‘must have’ variety for any hardy Geranium enthusiast. Elegant…  More Info

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Hydrangea paniculata 'Groundbreaker'

…along edges, planting through small borders, providing low-maintenance ground cover or adding interest to patio containers. It is even small enough to be used as a garden table centrepiece. From July to November, it is covered with petite white flowers that develop a soft pink blush as the season…  More Info

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