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Aegopodium Bishop’s Weed

Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’
Snow on the Mountain

Height: 12"
Spread: 24-36"
Zone: 3
Foliage: green-white
Bloom Months: 5-6 Flowers: white
Light Requirement: sun or shade

Fast growing groundcover for sun or shade.
White lacy blooms early summer.
Foliage is green with white variegation.

4023

Ajuga Bugleweed

Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’
Burgundy Glow Bugleweed

Height: 4"
Spread: 12"
Zone: 4
Light Requirement: shade or part shade

Pink, purple, and white variegated foliage.

4026

Ajuga ‘Bronze Beauty’
Bronze Beauty Bugleweed

Height: 4"
Spread: 12"
Zone: 4
Light Requirement: shade or part shade

Purple foliage, blue flowers.

4025

Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’
Chocolate Chip Bugleweed

Height: 4"
Spread: 24"
Zone: 3
Light Requirement: shade or part shade

Unusual groundcover with narrow purple leaves.
Blue flowers in the spring.

4076

Euonymus Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’
Purple Wintercreeper

Height: 18"
Spread: 6-12"
Zone: 5
Foliage: green
Light Requirement: sun or shade

Fast growing groundcover for sun or shade.
Turns purple-red in fall.

4327

Galium Woodruff

Galium odoratum
Sweet Woodruff
 

Height: 6"
Spread: 24"
Zone: 4
Foliage: green
Bloom Months: 5-6
Flowers: white
Light Requirement: shade, part shade

Fine-textured foliage on spreading plant.
Small white flowers in May.

4339

Hedera Helix English Ivy
HED-er-a

Height: 10-12"
Spread: 6-12"
Zone: 5
Light Requirement: shade

Evergreen groundcover. Best in shade or partial shade.

4358

Pachysandra

Pachysandra terminalis
White Flower

Height: 6-12"
Spread: 6-12"
Zone: 5
Foliage: evergreen
Bloom Months: 5-6
Flowers: white
Light Requirement: sun or part shade

Evergreen groundcover for shade or semi shade.

5161

Vinca Myrtle

Vinca minor
Myrtle

Height: 6-12"
Spread: 6-12"
Zone: 4
Foliage: dark green
Bloom Months: 5 Flowers: blue
Light Requirement: sun or shade

Showy blue flowers in the spring. Shiny, dark green
evergreen leaves make this a very popular groundcover.

5380

Vinca minor ‘Illumination’
Variegated Myrtle

Height: 6"
Spread: 30"
Zone: 4
Foliage: green, yellow
Bloom Months: 5 Flowers: blue
Light Requirement: sun or shade

Dark green leaves with a wide gold center.

5507

Vinca minor ‘Sterling Silver’
Variegated Myrtle

Height: 6"
Spread: 30"
Zone: 4
Foliage: green, white
Bloom Months: 5 Flower: blue
Light Requirements: shade, part shade

Green leaves edged with white. A different look for shade or partial shade.

5382