Achillea × lewisii 'King Edward' A low carpet-forming species of Yarrow, quite different from the taller types grown as border perennials. Suitable for edging a sunny border, in the rock garden or alpine trough garden. It forms a low carpet of fuzzy olive-green leaves, producing small...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' Ideal evergreen ground cover for a shady area. This is an excellent bugle, forming a spreading mound of leaves dappled in green, cream and smoky pink. Spikes of blue flowers appear in spring. Very good for edging or blanketing a shady spot. It...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' Ideal ground cover for a shady area. Large, glossy, bronze-purple leaves with dense, upright spires of purple spring flowers. Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit.Catlin's Giant is perfect for covering large areas since it has bigger leaves and is...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ajuga reptans 'Valfredda' (Chocolate Chip) Attractive purple metallic foliage with blue flowers in April and May and sometimes longer. Ideal ground cover for a shady area. Goes well with Vinca and Pulmonaria. Height: 12cm Common name(s): Bugle, Baby's Shoes, Thunder and Lightning,...Click here for full details... £4.75
Anemone nemorosa 'Blue Eyes' Syn: Anemone nemorosa 'Old Blue Eyes'. A rarely offered cultivar from our native wood anemone, with fully double blue eyed flowers. Good for underplanting trees and shrubs. Will slowly colonise an area to create a carpet. Flowers in March and April...Click here for full details... £4.75
Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora' An old and unusual version of our native wood anemone, having green tips to the white petals. The flowers are also surrounded by green bracts giving the flowers the effect of wearing a green ruff.Ferny green basal foliage. Flowers in April and May. Good...Click here for full details... £4.75
Anemone nemorosa 'Flore Pleno' The double-flowered version of our native wood anemone. Pure white double flowers in early spring. Looks really good planted on its own or among the single variety. Good for underplanting trees and shrubs. Will slowly colonise an area to create a...Click here for full details... £4.75
Anemone nemorosa 'Virescens' An unusual form in which instead of petals the flower is made up of tight green leaves. The flowers last for up to 8 weeks.Good for underplanting trees and shrubs. Naturalises to form good-sized clumps. Good drought resistance when established. Height:...Click here for full details... £4.75
Asarum europaeum Excellent for dry, shady areas where other plants struggle. Kidney-shaped, glossy green leaves on creeping surface shoots. Spreads slowly to form evergreen glossy green mats. A robust and reliable groundcovering plant, very useful for shady areas, which...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Highly valued for ground cover and its autumn foliage colour. Deep blue flowers in summer, from August to October. From China in 1846. A shrubby perennial. Grow as ground cover or edging plant along the front of a border. In autumn, the...Click here for full details... £4.75
Darmera peltata An exotic looking, spectacular plant that brings to mind Wyndham's 'The Day of the Triffids'. Unusual as the flowers emerge on tall, naked stems, before the leaves appear. Later, the plant rewards again as the foliage turns pinky-purple in autumn...Click here for full details... £5.50
Disporopsis pernyi (evergreen Solomon's Seal) An unusual and uncommon evergreen relative of the Solomon's Seal. Very useful for a shady spot in the garden, including dry shade. In late spring or early summer, small white bell-shaped flowers tipped in pale green are borne along the undersides of the...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ficaria verna 'Brazen Hussy' Celandine are one of the delights of early spring and among the first plants to flower. This variety has yellow celandine flowers contrasting beautifully with dark brown polished leaves, early spring. Looks stunning when it forms a good sized clump...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ficaria verna 'Flore Pleno' Celandine are one of the delights of early spring and among the first plants to flower. This variety has endless double flowers of lemony-yellow with a lime green centre. Looks magical in spring when carpeted under trees or shrubs. Plants die back...Click here for full details... £4.75
Ficaria verna 'Fried Egg' Celandine are one of the delights of early spring and among the first plants to flower. This variety has buds that open yellow and then petals fade to white with yellow centre, making each flower resemble a fried egg. Discovered by R. Hoskins in...Click here for full details... £4.75
Galium odoratum This British native, low-growing plant makes fantastic carpet-like ground cover under trees and shrubs where little else will thrive, or use it to camouflage the foliage of snowdrops as it fades. Small clusters of star-like, white flowers appear above...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium 'Nimbus' A popular variety, very good for ground cover in sun or partial shade. Flowers are freely produced, bluish purple with a small pale eye. Petals are relatively narrow leaving a gap between each that gives the flower a starry appearance. The...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium cinereum 'Purple Pillow' An attractive Geranium, which forms a dense, low mat of grey-green leaves, with bright magenta-purple flowers resting on the trailing stems in late spring, then on and off through the summer. Good in a border but also in alpine troughs or mixed...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' An early flowering hardy geranium with evergreen aromatic leaves beneath deep magenta flowers held in clusters. An excellent ground cover plant which is very good for dry shade. Deeply cut, semi-evergreen foliage spreads quickly to form low hummocks that...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium macrorrhizum album White or very soft pink flowers are borne in loose clusters on slender, upright stems above a dense clump of attractive foliage. Flowers over a long period, from May to September. Plants form dense, weed suppressing clumps of green and red...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell' Rich purple flowers are borne in loose clusters on slender, upright stems above a dense clump of attractive, round mid green leaves. Flowers over a long period, from May to September. Plants form dense clumps of pale foliage which do well even in...Click here for full details... £4.75
Geranium thunbergii 'Jester's Jacket' A good ground-cover geranium with unusual variegated foliage of green, cream and red. Pink flowers from May to July. Height and Spread: 30 x 60cm Common name(s): Variegated cranesbill 'Jester's Jackets' Myth and Legend Apparently, the...Click here for full details... £4.75
Gypsophila cerastioides A dwarf, semi-evergreen plant with a creeping habit. Green-grey, hairy leaves contrast with masses of small white trumpet-shaped flowers in spring and summer, which are beloved of pollinators. A fast growing, tough little plant which is drought tolerant,...Click here for full details... £4.75
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' Beautiful ground cover plant. Red and yellow variegated heart-shaped green leaves. Tolerates both very wet and very dry soils. The leaves develop the brightest colours in Full Sun, but has pretty gold-edged leaves when grown in shade. Pretty white...Click here for full details... £4.75
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' A delightful Lamium, with salmon pink flowers and very pale sage green foliage. It really stands out in a dark corner. Lamiums are invaluable as ground cover plants for use in both sun and shade, even in poor soil. Height: 10cm Common name(s):Click here for full details... £4.75
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy' A tough yet showy perennial groundcover. This classy-looking selection forms a spreading patch of small silver leaves with a narrow green edge. Clusters of pure white flowers appear in spring, then continue off and on until autumn. Fairly tolerant of dry...Click here for full details... £4.75
Pachysandra terminalis An invaluable plant for dry shade. Forms a good evergreen ground-cover of attractive glossy-green leaves with small white scented flowers in spring. Said to need acidic soil, but we have found it quite happy in our neutral PH soil. Very drought...Click here for full details... £4.75
Persicaria campanulata Syn. Polygonum campanulata. An excellent ground cover, which will smother weeds quite happily. Attractive, deeply veined leaves with paler undersides and clusters of small pink bell flowers from July to September. Good for cutting. Tall branching stems...Click here for full details... £4.75
Polygonatum × hybridum 'Striatum' (Variegated Solomon's Seal) This much sought-after, delightful and tough plant has creamily variegated leaves with pure white, pendant flowers underneath the stem. It definitely adds a different dimension to the garden. The common name Solomon's seal relates...Click here for full details... £4.75
Sambucus ebulus This is an unusual and rarely offered herbaceous species of Elder which is stunning when allowed to spread in a large border. Large white, sometimes pink, flowers between June and August. This species is rarely offered in nurseries, which is a shame...Click here for full details... £4.75
Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink' Like all Symphytums, this is a great choice for shady ground cover. Clusters of pale pink, bell-shaped flowers dangle from short, upright stems in March and April. Looks really good over a large area. Height and spread: 45cm x...Click here for full details... £4.75
Symphytum ibericum An excellent ground cover and weed suppressant. In spring, before the new leaves are fully developed, clusters of flowers change from burnt-orange buds to creamy-yellow bells. Height and spread: 45cm x 60cm Symphytum: As seen from the...Click here for full details... £4.75
Symphytum ibericum 'All Gold' Stunning in spring, bright golden-yellow leaves which eventually mature to green as the season progresses. Lilac tubular flowers in spring to early summer. An excellent ground cover and weed suppressant. Height and spread: 50cm x...Click here for full details... £4.75
Symphytum officinale album An excellent, weed suppressing ground cover. Clusters of creamy white, bell-shaped flowers dangle from short, upright stems in March and April. Looks really good over a large area. Height and spread: 45cm x 60cm Symphytum: As seen from the...Click here for full details... £4.75
Trachystemon orientalis An excellent ground-cover plant for dense shade. Blue and white borage-like flowers on pink naked stems, in early spring, before the leaves take over and make good sized clumps of bright green. Flowers in April, May and June. Good for early bumblebees...Click here for full details... £4.75
Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea' Looking good through all seasons and growing in any aspect, It is a vigorous grower, yet not overly invasive. It is tough, fully hardy and evergreen with pretty mauve-purple flowers produced from Spring through to Autumn, once established it will need...Click here for full details... £4.75
Vinca minor 'Azurea Flore Pleno' A dwarf periwinkle that will grow almost anywhere and makes excellent evergreen ground cover. Double, pale-blue flowers from May to September. Ideal for those dry shady areas where nothing much grows. Also very good on banks, verges or cascading...Click here for full details... £4.75
Viola hederacea A charming little spreading alpine or rockery plant. Easily grown this pretty free-flowering violet is good in a sunny or semi shaded site. Typical violet flowers, which are white but with a broad, rich, lilac flush. Can flower from spring to autumn...Click here for full details... £4.75
Viola labradorica 'Purpurea' A really beautiful plant with burnished purple-green leaves and violet flowers. A good ground cover plant which looks attractive all year. Height: 12cm Common name(s): The Labrador Violet; Alpine violet, American dog violet Syn: Viola riviniana...Click here for full details... £4.75
