Plant Profile: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)
Karen This tender perennial is a native of Mexico, South America and the Caribbean but grows vigorously in southeastern United States and has become invasive in Florida where it is especially…
Plant Profile: Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
This native of eastern United States is a slow growing herbaceous perennial that forms attractive clumps that are evergreen in zones 7 and warmer. It is amember of the box…
Plant Profile: Russian Cypress (Microbiota decussata)
This prostrate fine textured evergreen shrub from the mountains of southeastern Siberia resembles junipers in shape but has sprays of foliage resembling those of arborvitae. The leaves are scale-like and…
Plant Profile: Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)
This evergreen shrub is native to coastal California and Oregon and is found in chaparral but is often used as a ground cover and to stabilize slopes. It is a…
Plant Profile: Creeping Mahonia (Mahonia reptans)
This low growing suckering evergreen shrub is native to northwest America from British Columbia and Alberta to Arizona and New Mexico and west to California. The shiny blue-green leaves are…
Plant Profile: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
This native of eastern North America, wintergreen is a woody evergreen shrub that grows three to ten inches tall, spreading by stolons about 4-6” per year to form a mat.…
Plant Profile: Rose Daphne (Daphne cneorum)
Native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, this evergreen shrub is known for the fragrance of its blooms. Clusters of small bright pink flowers are produced in April…
Plant Profile: Bearberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri)
This evergreen shrub native to central China is one of the best broadleaf evergreens for a groundcover. It offers attractive leaves, small fragrant white flowers in spring, bright red berries…
Flowering Vines for Ground Covers
Chances are that if you are growing vines they are growing up on a wall, fence or trellis. But many vines can be used as ground covers where they will…
Plant Profile: Olympic St. John’s Wort (Hypericum olympicum)
There are over 200 species of Hypericum, from shrubs, to sub-shrubs, to herbaceous perennials, and Hypericum olympicum is an excellent one for rock gardens. A native of southeast Europe and…