Acorus gramineus 'Minimus Aureus'
This grassy-leaved sweet flag cultivar is a miniature or dwarf plant which looks like a grass but is actually a member of the acorus family. Features tufts of yellow grassy-like leaf blades which grow to only 3-4" tall and slowly spread by ... [... more]
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Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum'
This variegated goutweed is one of the most popular ground covers for quickly covering large areas. Will rapidly form a continuous mound of attractive foliage typically growing to 8" tall with an indefinite spread. Unfortunately, once it gets ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Arctic Fox'
This bugleweed cultivar is a dense, rapidly spreading, mat-forming ground cover which features green leaves with white margins. Whorls of tiny, dark bluish purple flowers appear in mid to late spring on spikes rising above the foliage (total ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
This bugleweed cultivar is a dense, rapidly spreading, mat-forming ground cover which features glossy, bronze-purple leaves. Whorls of tiny, dark bluish-purple flowers appear in mid to late spring on spikes rising above the foliage to 10". When ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Braunherz'
'Braunherz' is a stoloniferous, mat-forming, compact bugleweed cultivar that typically spreads to form a foliage carpet which is only 2-4" tall. This cultivar is most noted for its unusually dark foliage. It produces spreading rosettes of dark ... [... more]
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Ajuga reptans 'Purple Brocade'
This bugleweed cultivar is a dense, stoloniferous, mat-forming ground cover which features thick purplish leaves with a brocaded texture. Whorls of tiny, dark bluish-purple flowers appear in mid to late spring on large spikes rising above the ... [... more]
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'
This extremely winter hardy, prostrate, slow-growing, evergreen shrub or ground cover will typically grow to 6-12" high and 3-6' wide. Over time, and in the proper environment, bearberry can spread (by stem rooting) to cover a very large area of ... [... more]
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Asperula gussonii
Best grown in rocky, well-drained, dry to medium moisture soils in full sun. Grows well in scree or tufa rock. Susceptible to root rot in moist, poorly drained soils, particularly in winter. Asperula (sometimes commonly called woodruff) is a ... [... more]
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Claytonia virginica
Spring beauty is a delicate, much-beloved, native Missouri spring wildflower that typically occurs statewide in rich, moist woodlands and valleys, meadows, prairies and somewhat dry upland woods (Steyermark). It is a low-growing spring ephemeral ... [... more]
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Epimedium diphyllum
This species of epimedium is a low-growing, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 8-10" tall and is primarily used as a ground cover in shady or woodland areas. Small, drooping, bell-shaped, spurless white flowers appear in spring above ... [... more]
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Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
This epimedium (sometimes commonly called large-flowered or longspur epimedium) is one of the larger epimediums. It is a dense, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 10-15" tall and is primarily used as a ground cover or ... [... more]
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Epimedium pubigerum
Epimedium pubigerum is a dense, rhizomatous perennial which is generally grown as a ground cover in shady woodland areas. This species is perhaps the tallest of the epimediums. Loose clusters of complex, dainty, cup-shaped yellowish flowers with ... [... more]
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