Groundcovers

Groundcovers are the smallest plants we carry – yet the biggest. That’s because these low maintenance plants will grow and spread to provide you with a beautiful, living carpet.

At Merrifield Garden Center, we offer nearly 50 varieties of groundcovers in a variety of colors, heights and textures. These wonderful plants can be used to create a carpet of beautiful blooms, fill in gaps along a path, or protect against soil erosion or drought. Some thrive in the sun, others prefer shadier locations.

Our most versatile and popular ground cover is periwinkle, which features gorgeous lavender flowers in the spring. Most ground covers flower in the spring, except mondo grass and liriope, which are late summer bloomers. And most groundcovers are evergreen, and give us beauty throughout the year.

Another favorite is sweet woodruff with its white flowers and fragrant foliage. Creeping phlox sports a solid mass of bright, colorful blooms. Creeping raspberry is an attention-grabber with white flowers in spring, crinkled, textured leaves in summer and burgundy leaves in fall. Stepables is a line of low growing plants that can withstand foot traffic, and can be planted alone or between stepping stones with beautiful results.

Junipers, which thrive in sunny, drier conditions, are frequently used to cover sunny slopes that would otherwise be difficult to maintain. In shady locations, vinca, Himalayan sweet box, pachysandra or mondo grass can create an evergreen carpet where there’s not enough sunlight to grow other plants.

When you decide it’s time to add ground covers to your landscape, come into Merrifield Garden Center and we’ll introduce you to the beautiful world of groundcovers.

Listed below are some of the more popular varieties that we typically stock during the season. However, due to various reasons, we may not have every variety listed at all times. To make sure that we have the exact variety you are looking for, please call us.

• Aegopodium p. 'Variegatum' - Bishop's Weed
• Ajuga reptans Black Scallop - Bugleweed
• Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty'
• Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'
• Ajuga reptans 'Catlins Giant'
• Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip'
• Ajuga reptans 'Golden Glow'
• Ajuga reptans 'Metallica Crispa'
• Ajuga reptans 'Toffee Twist'
• Antennaria dioica - Pussytoes
• Arabis sturii - Rockcress
• Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila' - Astilbe
• Carex sp. - Sedge
• Ceratostigma plumbaginoides - Leadwort, Plumbago
• Chamaemelum nobile - Creeping Chamomile
• Chrysogonum virgianum - Green and Gold
• Convallaria majalis - Lily-of-the-Valley
• Cymbalaria muralis - Kenilworth Ivy (tender)
• Epimedium sp. - Barrenwort
• Euonymous fortunei 'Coloratus' - Wintercreeper
• Euonymous fortunei 'Gracilis' - Variegated Wintercreeper
• Euonymous fortunei 'Harlequin'
• Euonymous fortunei 'Kewensis'
• Euonymous 'Green n Gold'
• Euonymous 'Wolong Ghost'
• Euphorbia a. 'Robbiae' - Spurge
• Galium odoratum - Sweet Woodruff
• Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata' - Creeping Charlie, Ground Ivy
• Gypsophila cerastioides - Clumping Baby's Breath
• Gypsophila repens - Creeping Baby's Breath
• Hakonechloa macra - Hakone Grass
• Hedera colchica - Persian Ivy
• Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata'
• Hedera colchica 'Sulphur Heart'
• Hedera helix - English Ivy
• Hedera helix 'Little Diamond'
• Hedera helix 'Anne Marie'
• Hedera helix 'Baltica'
• Hedera helix 'Buttercup'
• Hedera helix 'Deltoidea'
• Hedera helix 'Duckfoot'
• Hedera helix 'Eclipse'
• Hedera helix 'Filigran'
• Hedera helix 'Glacier'
• Hedera helix 'Gold Craft'
• Hedera helix 'Gold Dust'
• Hedera helix 'Goldchild'
• Hedera helix 'Goldheart'
• Hedera helix 'Hahns'
• Hedera helix 'Ivalace'
• Hedera helix 'Jubilee'
• Hedera helix 'Kaleidoscope'
• Hedera helix 'Lady Frances'
• Hedera helix 'Lady Kay'
• Hedera helix 'Mint Kolibri'
• Hedera helix 'Minty'
• Hedera helix 'Misty'
• Hedera helix 'Needlepoint'
• Hedera helix 'Paper Doll'
• Hedera helix 'Shamrock'
• Hedera helix 'Spetchley'
• Hedera helix 'Teardrop'
• Hedera helix 'Telecurl'
• Hedera helix 'Temptation'
• Hedera helix 'Thorndale'
• Hedera helix 'Variegated Needlepoint'
• Hedera helix 'Zebra'
• Hedera hibernica 'Rona' - Irish Ivy
• Hedera rhombea 'Créme de Menthe' - Variegated Japanese Ivy (tender)
• Hedera rhombea 'Variegata' - Variegated Japanese Ivy
• Herniaria glabra - Burstwort
• Hydrocotyle s. 'Variegata' - Pennywort
• Hypericum calycinum - St. John's Wort
• Isotoma fluviatilis - Blue Star Creeper
• Lamium maculatum - Spotted Nettle
• Leptinella squalida - Brass Buttons
• Liriope muscari 'Big Blue' - Lily Turf , Aztec Grass, Monkey Grass
• Liriope muscari 'Christmas Tree'
• Liriope muscari 'Majestic'
• Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
• Liriope muscari 'PeeDee Ingot'
• Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple'
• Liriope muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'
• Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
• Liriope Silvery 'Sunproof'
• Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'
• Liriope spicata 'Variegata'
• Lysimachia japonica 'Minutissima' - Miniature Moneywort
• Lysimachia nummularia - Moneywort, Creeping Jenny
• Lysimachia nummularia Aurea - Golden Moneywort, Creeping Jenny
• Mazus reptans - Mazus
• Mazus reptans 'Albus' - Mazus White
• Muehlenbeckia axillaris - Iron Vine (tender)
• Ophiopogon japonicus - Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon japonicus 'Little Tabby' - Dwarf Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana' - Dwarf Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon japonicus 'Silver Mist' - Silver Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon japonicus 'Super Dwarf' - Miniature Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon japonicus 'Torafu' - Mondo
• Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Arabicus' - Black Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Black Dragon' - Black Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Ebony Knight' - Black Mondo Grass
• Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Niger' - Black Mondo Grass
• Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' - Golden Oregano
• Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
• Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese Spurge
• Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'
• Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'
• Pachysandra terminalis 'Silveredge'
• Phalaris arundinacea - Ribbon Grass
• Phlox subulata - Mountain Pinks, Moss Phlox
• Potentilla neumannia 'Nana' - Cinquefoil
• Pratia pedunculata - Blue Star Creeper
• Rubus calycinoides - Creeping Raspberry
• Sagina subulata - Irish Moss
• Sagina subulata 'Aurea' - Scotch Moss
• Sarcococca hookeriana - Himalayan Sweetbox
• Sedum sp. - Creeping Stonecrop
• Senecio aureus - Groundsel, Golden Ragwort
• Stachys byzantina - Lamb's Ear
• Thymus pseudolanguinosa - Woolly Thyme
• Thymus serphyllum - Creeping Thyme
• Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower
• Verbena sp. (tender) - Vervain
• Veronica sp. - Speedwell
• Viola sp. - Wild Violet
• Waldsteinia ternata - Barren Strawberry                   ^ top