Groundcover
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Plants which spread by runners or rhizomes creating a thick mat of foliage.
Oenothera berlandieri
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Common Name: Mexican Evening Primrose
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: Groundcover
Description:
Profuse pink blooms, stems die back in winter, will take over if not controlled. Good ground cover for dry areas. |
Delosperma floribundum 'Stardust'
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Common Name: Stardust Ice Plant
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: <6"
Mature Width: 12-15"
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Delosperma floribundum 'Starburst'
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Common Name: Starburst Ice Plant
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 4"
Mature Width: 18"
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Geranium Karmina
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Karmina Biokovo Geranium
Bloom Season: Mid-Spring to Mid-Summer
Bloom Color: Dark Pink/Purple
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Shade Mature Height: 6-12"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Hybrid Geranium that spreads by rhizomes. It has nice, full green foliage that can spread to make a nice carpet of blooms |
Delosperma kelaidis
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Mesa Verde Ice Plant
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Light Pink
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 2"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:
This iridescent, salmon-pink flowered sport appeared among plants of a dwarf, alpine form of Delospermum cooperi at Denver Botanic Gardens in 1997. It is vigorous, compact and floriferous. Plant Select® award winner. Garden Notes: Lovely pink flowers atop succulent green foliage. Does well in dry soils. Good for rock gardens.
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Zinnia grandiflora 'Gold on Blue'
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Prairie Zinnia Gold on Blue
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: 18+"
Description:
Outstanding selection of native prairie zinnia chosen for its vigor, foliage color and large flowers. Plant Select® award winner. Garden Notes: Excellent for hot, dry sites; thrives in all soil types, even dry clay. Recommended for slopes, along driveways and other places where it can spread as a large scale groundcover. Developed by David Salman.
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Veronica pectinata
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Wooly Speedwell
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: Blue
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 3"
Mature Width: Spreading
Description:
Forms a low growing mat of 3” high foliage. Spreads by stems that root at the joint for a nice groundcover. Produces outstanding blue blooms in spring. |
Thymus vulgaris
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Common Name: Thyme
Bloom Season: Spring
Bloom Color: White
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Household herb, good for low edging on border. |
Teucrium polium
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Felty Germander
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Lilac
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:
A nice, low growing low care perennial. I’ve had it in my beds for a couple of years and enjoy its bright grey foliage. |
Ipomea x multifida
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Cardinal Climber
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Red
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 12'
Mature Width: 24"
Description:
Fast growing vine- provide support, covered with bright red flowers in summer. Larger leaves than cypress vine. Does not reseed. Great plant for hummingbirds. It provides more "green" on a trellis than Cypress Vine. |