Carpet Evergreen Plant

Well suited for use as edging groundcover or in containers.

Carpet evergreen plant. Tolerates high foot traffic. In addition irish moss dislikes drought and soggy soil so a watering schedule to maintain a moderate moisture level. The plant spreads rapidly to form a carpet that looks especially nice against gray stone. The evergreen plant is easy to control and is drought tolerant once established.

Most all are evergreen and most require little to no maintenance both of these qualities make them excellent choices for groundcover plantings of any size. Well suited for use in rock gardens as a specimen plant or massed as an easy care ground cover. An adaptable conifer that provides excellent textural contrast to broad leaved shrubs or perennials. The thick glossy rounded heart shaped leaves of this low growing plant make a luscious groundcover.

A vigorous evergreen shrub with bright green scale like foliage that becomes coppery brown in winter. The japanese pachysandra pachysandra terminalis is a low growing leafy evergreen plant that is good for ground cover under shrubs or in other shady parts of your garden this type of shade loving perennial ground cover plant produces small flowers in the spring. Tolerant of even the shadiest sites european. Easy care perennial offers an excellent choice for growing between flagstones or growing as a lawn substitute.

Deep green foliage creates a dense evergreen carpet becoming bronze in winter. Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia low growing evergreen ground cover blooms in spring yellow puff balls height 2 spread to 12 drought tolerant heat tolerant use on banks with poor soil. Flowering evergreen plants for ground cover help to create colorful floral carpets in sunny or shaded gardens. Notable for its carpet of purple hued flowers creeping phlox is a gorgeous ground cover for those seeking to add color to their landscaping and it attracts pollinators.

Providing a bright splash of color all year round juniperus horizontalis golden carpet creeping juniper is a low spreading evergreen shrub with brilliant golden foliage that does not burn in full sun. The japanese pachysandra also called the carpet box plant has creeping stems with light green glossy leaves. Though the plants are slower growing than some other groundcovers listed here they are still worth including in your garden. For stunning ground hugging full sun plants choose creeping phlox flowering creeping thyme or trailing periwinkles.

In winter the foliage turns deep gold and salmon orange with green undertones. On this page we have conveniently grouped together our most common as well as most popular selections for use in groundcover plantings. Few evergreen groundcover plants are as striking as european ginger. Some of the best flowering ground cover evergreen plants for shade are lilyturf and bugleweed.

Per year 10 15 cm this creeping juniper makes a wonderful specimen plant.