Groundcover

  • Wintergreen plant with leaves and fruit

    How to Grow and Care for Wintergreen

    The wintergreen shrub is accentuated with either gorgeous, white bell-shaped flowers or brilliant, pinkish-red berries, depending on the season.  Beautiful, fragrant wintergreen has evergreen…

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  • Partridgeberry as ground cover with red fruit

    Partridgeberry

    Partridgeberry is a low-growing, creeping, and woody herb that is evergreen, perennial, part of the Rubiaceae family. From Newfoundland down to central Florida and…

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  • White trillium plants with blooming flowers

    White Trillium, an Official Emblem.

    The white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), also known as the wake-robin and the white lily, was officially adopted as Ontario’s floral emblem in 1937.  These…

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  • Maianthemum stellatum with 4 white flowers

    Starry False Solomon’s Seal

    Starry False Solomon’s Seal has attractive foilage, flowers, and berries that form a dense groundcover once established. The narrow oval-shaped leaves are about 3-12…

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  • A cluster of bright Red Geranium flowers

    Geraniums are Easy Care Summer Darlings

    There are two types of plants that most people refer to as “geraniums”. There are “true geraniums”, which are hardy, native and wild plants…

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  • A clump of silver wormwood plants

    Silver Wormwood Quick Growing Guide

    Silver Wormwood attracts many pollinators and is one of the host plants for the American Lady and Painted Lady butterflies. It is a fragrant,…

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  • Bloodroot white flower

    All About Bloodroot: Characteristics, Propagation, and Care

    Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America, known for its distinctive white flowers and reddish-orange sap. The…

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  • Berren Strawberry patch with multiple plants and flowers

    Barren Strawberry Quick Growing Guide

    Barren Strawberry has masses of beautiful yellow daisy flowers at the ends of the stems from early to late spring, which are most effective…

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  • A small patch of Common Blue Violet or Viola sororia as ground cover

    Common Blue Violet Is an Offical Flower

    Common Blue Violet is a ground cover that provides an early nectar source for bees and other pollinators. It is also self-seeding and spreads.…

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  • Christmas Fern in woods

    Christmas Fern

    The Christmas Fern got its name because it flowers in winter and stays green throughout the holidays. The fronds of this plant are up…

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  • Close-up photo of Winterberry Plant

    Winterberry Growth and Care

    Winterberry holly has pointed, dark-green foliage that is surrounded by red berries. While the berries remain, the leaves fall off in late fall and…

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  • Dutchman's breeches plant and flower

    Dutchman’s Breeches is a Spring Nectar Source

    Dutchman’s Breeches is an ephemeral spring woodland species. It blooms in the early spring, when sunlight hits the forest floor before the canopy of…

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  • A close up of a trout lily with yellow flowers

    Trout Lily: Photogenic and Useful

    Trout lily, a plant with stunning yellow flowers that bloom in the early spring, is quite photogenic. Large colonies of trout lilies can entirely…

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  • A straflower plant with fie leaves and a small white flower

    Starflower

    Starflower is a plant that grows in the forest understory or as a groundcover in damp, shaded soils, occasionally on the banks of rivers…

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  • Sweet white violet plant, stem, leaf and flower

    Sweet White Violet

    Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda) is a low-growing stoloniferous perennial with basal, heart-shaped leaves and fragrant, white flowers with strongly reflexed upper petals and…

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  • Yellow Violet plant, leaf and flower

    Smooth Yellow Violet has Delightful Flowers

    Smooth Yellow Violet are highly desirable in a woodland garden. It can be used as a low-maintenance ground cover, in rock gardens, along paths…

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  • A big patch of Wild Ginger groundcover

    Wild Ginger is a Good Groundcover

    Wild ginger is an effective ground cover. Its roots and stems have a powerful lemon ginger scent when crushed. The perennial plant known is…

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  • A patch of anamone canadensis in white flower as ground cover

    Canada Anemone Flower

    The Canada anemone flower is an easy to maintain, dependable and hardy perennial ground cover that produces lovely white buttercup flowers. Because of its…

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  • Water avens with bumblebee feeding on its nectar

    Water Avens

    Water Avens are good ground cover for cool, wet areas where many plants often struggle. It is a perennial that blooms in late spring…

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  • A large mature Burro's tail garden at the

    Burro’s Tail Plant – How To Grow and Propagate

    These small, succulent plants native to most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, are popular as both landscape and container plants. In this article, we…

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  • A clump of Rudbeckia Hirta Black Eyed Susans along a walkway

    Plants That Love The Sun

    Plants that love the sun may provide vitality and colour to bare regions in the landscape. Before selecting plants, determine where the sun shines…

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  • A landscape berm and mounds with trees, shrubs, flowering plants and burgundy mulch

    Tips For Making Landscape Mounds And Berms

    Landscape mounds and berms are a great way to add interest to your yard and landscape. They’re straight forward to build if you follow…

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  • Peperomia plant in a pot

    Peperomia Care, Propagation and Varieties

    The Peperomia plant is an easy care, versatile and recommended houseplant that that may be used in any room of the house. They are…

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  • Veggie Bites – Microgreens for Breakfast

    If I were to continue with microgreens, I think I would grab several packets of regular seed from the dollar store and do a…

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