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AEGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA VARIEGATUM   SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN Code: 8699 Height: 60cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Summer Variegated green & white foliage, quickly forming a solid patch. Excel-lent for use as ground cover under trees. Potentially invasive, site carefully.

AJUGA

REPTANS BLACK SCALLOP PP15815   BLACK SCALLOP BUGLEWEED Code: 2641 Height: 15cm Foliage: Black Zone: 3 Time: Spring Deep-purple leaves with scalloped edges create a dense, compact groundcover. Great moisture tolerance.

REPTANS BRONZE BEAUTY   BRONZE BEAUTY BUGLEWEED Code: 8700 Height: 15cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 3 Time: Spring A popular bronze-leaved variety, with bright blue flowers. Forms a fast spreading evergreen mat.

REPTANS BURGUNDY GLOW   BURGUNDY GLOW BUGLEWEED Code: 8701 Height: 15cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Spring Brightly coloured leaves, variegated with scarlet, cream & green, and bright blue flowers. Remove any reverting shoots.

REPTANS CATLIN’S GIANT   CATLIN’S GIANT BUGLEWEED Code: 8702 Height: 20cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 3 Time: Spring Unusually tall spikes of blue flowers, over huge bronzy leaves. Largest leaves possible.

REPTANS METALLICA CRISPA   METALLICA CRISPA BUGLEWEED Code: 2438 Height: 15cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 3 Time: Summer An excellent variety with deep bronze-purple foliage.

REPTANS PINK LIGHTNING PP22255   PINK LIGHTNING BUGLEWEED Code: 4767 Height: 15cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Late Spring/Summer Forms a low carpet of attractive green and creamy-white leaves. Bubblegum-pink flowers are pro-duced above the ruffled foliage in late spring.

REPTANS SILVER QUEEN   SILVER QUEEN BUGLEWEED Code: 2495 Height: 10cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Spring A smaller variety with green and white leaves. Can handle a bit of foot traffic.

TENORII CHOCOLATE CHIP   CHOCOLATE CHIP CARPET BUGLE Code: 8703 Height: 15cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 3 Time: Spring Leaves are narrow & chocolate-brown, forming a low mat, spikes of bright blue flowers in spring.

CONVALLARIA

MAJALIS   LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY Code: 8708 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 1 Time: Spring An old-fashioned favourite with fragrant, white bell-shaped flowers; an excellent groundcover for difficult shady sites. CAUTION: toxic if eaten.

CORNUS CANADENSIS   BUNCHBERRY Code: 8138 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 2 Time: Spring Glossy dark green leaves in summer, turning a dark red in the fall. Tiny white clusters of flowers give way to small red fruit.

CORONILLA VARIA   CROWN VETCH Code: 8709 Height: 60cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer A very aggressive groundcover, with pink clover like flowers. Used as groundcover on roadside ditches, not for the garden.

GALIUM

ODORATUM   SWEET WOODRUFF Code: 8711 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring An attractive groundcover, with fragrant whorled green leaves and tiny clusters of white flowers. A fast spreader, best in moist shade.

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AJUGA REPTANS BURGUNDY GLOW

AJUGA TENORII CHOCOLATE CHIP

CONVALLARIA MAJALIS

GALIUM ODORATUM

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GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS   WINTERGREEN Code: 2320 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring-summer A native broadleaf evergreen shrublet, with aromatic foliage and small red fruit. Foliage turns a fantastic red colour in the fall.

HEDERA

HELIX BALTICA   ENGLISH IVY Code: 8712 Height: 25cm Foliage: Green Zone: 4 A hardy evergreen, self-clinging, graceful vine with dark green leaves, excellent for use as a ground cover.

HOUTTUYNIA

CORDATA CHAMELEON   CHAMELEON PLANT Code: 8713 Height: 40cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 4 Time: Summer Forms a thick, vigorous patch of brightly coloured leaves splashed with green, red, yellow, & cream. Has an intense copper & tangerine fragrance.

LAMIASTRUM

GALEOBDOLON  

FALSE LAMIUM Code: 0462 Height: 30cm Foliage: Green Zone: 2 Time: Spring Forms an attractive mound of green veined, silver foliage that is completely covered with light yellow flowers in early summer.

GALEOBDOLON HERMANN’S PRIDE

  HERMANN’S PRIDE FALSE LAMIUM Code: 8416 Height: 30cm Foliage: Green/silver Zone: 2 Time: Spring Attractive pointy leaves heavily veined in metallic silver, forms a neat mound. Is drought tolerant with a non-running habit.

LAMIUM MACULATUM AUREUM   YELLOW CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 8714 Height: 20cm Foliage: Yellow/silver Zone: 3 Time: Spring-fall Chartreuse-yellow leaves with faint silvery stripes & mauve pink flowers. Prefers moist well drained soil, and indirect sunlight.

MACULATUM BEACON SILVER   BEACON SILVER CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 8715 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green/silver Zone: 3 Time: Spring-fall Beautiful oval, grey-green to silvery-white leaves with green margin and spikes of pale pink flowers. Prefers moist well drained soil but will toler-ate dry conditions.

MACULATUM CHEQUERS   CHEQUERS CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 8717 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green/silver/red Zone: 3 Time: Spring-fall A very vigorous spreader with dark green leaves, veined with a silver stripe, bearing clusters of rosy-purple flowers. New leaves become tinged in red in the sun.

MACULATUM GHOST   GHOST LAMIUM Code: 3972 Height: 30cm Foliage: Silver Zone: 3 Time: Spring/Summer Clusters of bright purple flowers top the clump of silver foliage in mid-late spring. The contrast is striking.

HEDERA HELIX BALTICA

LAMINUM MACULATUM CHEQUERS

HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA CHAMELEON

LAMIASTRUM GALEOBDOLON HERMANN’S PRIDE

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LEPTINELLA PLATT’S BLACK   BRASS BUTTONS Code: 0871 Height: 3cm Foliage: Black Zone: 6 Time: Summer Creeping groundcover with fernlike purplish-green leaves. Good for in between flagstones or small lawn substitutes.

LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA   CREEPING JENNY, MONEYWORT Code: 8473 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 2 Time: Summer Low trailing stems form a bright green carpet, with golden-yellow flowers. Prefers moist soil, and can be invasive with many runners.

NUMMULARIA AUREA   GOLDEN CREEPING JENNY, MONEYWORT Code: 8474 Height: 10cm Foliage: Yellow Zone: 2 Time: Summer Rounded golden-yellow leaves, prefers a shady spot to avoid leaf scorching. Not as aggressive as species.

MACULATUM PINK PEWTER   PINK PEWTER CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 8718 Height: 20cm Foliage: Silver/green Zone: 3 Time: Spring-fall Silvery leaves with a narrow green edge, and soft salmon-pink flowers, less vigorous then other lamiums. Prefers moist well drained soil but will tolerate dry conditions.

MACULATUM PURPLE DRAGON   PURPLE DRAGON CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 2628 Height: 30cm Foliage: Silver/green Zone: 3 Time: Summer-fall Lavender blooms over silver leaves rimmed in green. Prefers moist well drained soil but will tolerate dry conditions.

MACULATUM WHITE NANCY   WHITE NANCY CREEPING LAMIUM Code: 8719 Height: 20cm Foliage: Silver/blue Zone: 3 Time: Spring-fall Leaves almost completely silver, with a narrow blue-green edge, and clear white flowers. Has a low, dense habit, and prefers moist well drained soil.

PACHYSANDRA

TERMINALIS   JAPANESE SPURGE Code: 2450 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring An evergreen groundcover with dark-green glossy foliage, forming a dense spreading patch, with clusters of white flowers. Tolerant of poor, dry soils, but can be slow to establish.

SAGINA

SUBULATA   IRISH MOSS Code: 8720 Height: 2cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring-summer A creeping groundcover with bright green foliage studded with tiny white flowers. Perfect for between flagstone or a lawn substitute in shady spots. Does not like hot afternoon sun.

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LAMIUM MACULATUM WHITE NANCY image provided by Walters Gardens, Inc.

LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA AUREA

PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS

SAGINA SUBULATA

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SUBULATA AUREA   SCOTCH MOSS Code: 8721 Height: 2cm Foliage: Yellow Zone: 3 Time: Spring-summer A creeping groundcover with bright neon-yellow foliage studded with tiny white flowers. Perfect for between flagstone or a lawn substitute in shady spots. Does not like hot afternoon sun.

SEDUM ALBUM GREEN ICE   GREEN ICE STONECROP Code: 4526 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 4 Time: Summer White, star-shaped flowers bloom early-mid summer on top of rich olive-green foilage.

ACRE   GOLDEN MOSSY STONECROP Code: 8626 Height: 5cm Foliage: Yellow Zone: 2 Time: Summer Forms a brilliant neon-yellow carpet in spring, fading to soft green, with starry yellow clusters of flowers. Very vigorous.

FIRECRACKER PP26595   FIRECRACKER STONECROP Code: 5099 Height: 15cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 4 Time: Summer From the SunSparkler Series, this is a compact mound of shiny purple foliage with large bright pink flowers mid-summer. Great colour!

HAKONENSE CHOCOLATE BALL   CHOCOLATE BALL STONECROP Code: 5314 Height: 15cm Foliage: Brown/Red Zone: 4 Time: Summer Description: Uniquely coloured, suc-culent, needle-like leaves are topped by tiny yellow flowers in summer through fall.

KAMTSCHATICUM   RUSSIAN STONECROP Code: 0468 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 2 Time: Summer Low, spreading carpet of scalloped green leaves, with bright yellow starry flowers. Not overly invasive.

KAMTSCHATICUM VARIEGATUM   VARIEGATED RUSSIAN STONECROP Code: 8629 Height: 20cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 2 Time: Summer More upright, forming a cushion or mound of light green foliage edged in creamy white, with golden-orange flowers.

LIME ZINGER PP24632   LIME ZINGER SEDUM Code: 5227 Height: 15cm Foliage: Light Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer From the SunSparkler series, this is a compact mound of shiny apple-green foliage with large clusters of soft pink flowers mid-summer.

REFLEXUM BLUE SPRUCE   BLUE SPRUCE STONECROP Code: 0461 Height: 20cm Foliage: Blue Zone: 4 Time: Summer Brilliant solid golden-yellow foliage flushed with pink is a striking in a rock gardens, rock walls, or as a groundcover. Protect from hot afternoon sun.

REPESTRE ANGELINA   ANGELINA STONECROP Code: 2442 Height: 15cm Foliage: Yellow Zone: 3 Time: Summer Brilliant golden-yellow, evergreen like leaves form a low spreading carpet, excellent for rock gardens, or containers. Tips turn a brilliant red in cooler temperatures.

SEXANGULARE   SIX SIDED STONECROP Code: 2446 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Forms a low carpet of tiny spiraling green leaves, spreading to form a thick patch. Tiny yellow star flowers appear in early summer. Excellent bronze colour for fall.

SIEBOLDII   STONECROP Code: 0463 Height: 30cm Foliage: Blue Zone: 5 Time: Summer-fall Silver-blue scalloped foliage with clus-ters of star shaped bright pink flowers.

SIEBOLDII MEDIOVARIEGATUM   VARIEGATED STONECROP Code: 2452 Height: 20cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Summer/fall Forms a cascading mound of suc-culent powdery-blue leaves, with contrasting centres of creamy yellow. In late summer the clusters of starry soft-pink flowers appear.

SPURIUM DRAGON’S BLOOD   DRAGON’S BLOOD STONECROP Code: 8722 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green/red Zone: 3 Time: Summer Flowering with very showy clusters of red, pink or white. The foliage is thick & dense in shades from green to rich bronzy-red. Tolerant of some moisture.

SPURIUM JOHN CREECH   JOHN CREECH STONECROP Code: 2444 Height: 5cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring-summer A very low, mat forming selection, ideal for hot sunny sites. Features clusters of mauve-pink starry flowers in summer.

SEDUM SIEBOLDII

SEDUM REPESTRE ANGELINA

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SEDUM LIME ZINGER image provided by Walters Gardens, Inc.

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X BERTRAM ANDERSON   BERTRAM ANDERSON STONECROP Code: 0129 Height: 15cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 2 Time: Summer Low, slow spreading clump of deep burgundy-black leaves with bright purple red flowers in summer. Prefers a dry sunny site.

SEMPERVIVUM

ARACHNOIDEUM COBWEB   COBWEB HENS AND CHICKS Code: 3444 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer An evergreen, forming low grow-ing clusters of waxy rosettes. This variety appears to have cobwebs lacing the top.

HYBRID GREEN   GREEN HENS AND CHICKS Code: 2900 Height: 20cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer An old fashioned classic, perfect for any rock garden.

HYBRID RED   RED HENS AND CHICKS Code: 2898 Height: 20cm Foliage: Red/green Zone: 3 Time: Summer The foliage of this selection is tinged in red.

THYMUS DOERFLERI BRESSING-HAM PINK   BRESSINGHAM PINK THYME Code: 3138 Height: 10cm Foliage: Silver Zone: 3 Time: Summer Forms a low carpet of grey-green leaves, studded with dusty-pink flow-ers in early summer. Excellent for between stepping stones.

PRAECOX ARCTICUS   CREEPING PINK THYME Code: 3199 Height: 5cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Very green almost succulent leaves, larger then other varieties. Studded with pink flowers.PRAECOX COCCINEUS   RED CREEPING THYME Code: 8726 Height: 5cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Deep magenta-red flowers smother the carpet of tiny dark green leaves.

PRAECOX ELFIN   ELFIN CREEPING THYME Code: 1609 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Very fine, compact growth of medium green tiny leaves, covered in pink blooms. Slower growing than other selections.

PRAECOX HIGHLAND CREAM   HIGHLAND CREAM THYME Code: 3139 Height: 5cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Summer This selection features green and cream variegated leaves and soft pink flowers in summer. Will tolerate light foot traffic.

PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS  

WOOLLY THYME Code: 8727 Height: 5cm Foliage: Silver Zone: 3 Time: Summer Fuzzy olive to grey-green foliage with sparse soft pink flowers. Very dense growth, can hold moisture and rot, do not overwater.

SPURIUM RED CARPET   RED CARPET STONECROP Code: 1080 Height: 15cm Foliage: Red/green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Foliage is dark red with green, featuring a contrasting pink starry flower in summer.

SPURIUM ROSEUM   PINK DRAGON’S BLOOD STONECROP Code: 4252 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green/Red Zone: 3 Time: Summer A fast-growing carpet type Stonecrop with starry bright pink flowers in summer. Olive green foliage is edged in red, more prominently in spring. Drought tolerant.

SPURIUM TRICOLOR   TRICOLOR STONECROP Code: 0926 Height: 15cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 3 Time: Summer Foliage is dappled with pink and creamy white; remove any stems that emerge all green.

SPURIUM VOODOO   VOODOO STONECROP Code: 2496 Height: 15cm Foliage: Red/green Zone: 3 Time: Spring-summer Rich mahogany-red leaves with glowing rosy-red flowers provide bold, contrasting color. A useful drought tolerant and easy care groundcover.

VERA JAMESON   VERA JAMESON STONECROP Code: 8634 Height: 20cm Foliage: Purple Zone: 2 Time: Summer Rich mahogany-purple foliage, weighted down by heads of dusty pink flowers.

SEDUM SPURIUM TRICOLOR

SEDUM VERA JAMESON

SEMPERVIVUM COBWEB

THYMUS PRAECOX ARCTICUS

THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS

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MINOR ALBA   WHITE PERIWINKLE, VINCA Code: 2960 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 4 Time: Spring Rich green, evergreen foliage stud-ded with white flowers. Excellent for use in shady areas.

MINOR ATROPURPUREA  

PURPLE PERIWINKLE Code: 2828 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Spring The flowers are a beautiful bright plum-purple and seem to float above the dark green evergreen foliage.

MINOR ILLUMINATION PP12132   ILLUMINATION PERIWINKLE,VINCA Code: 0107 Height: 15cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 4 Time: Spring A brand new selection, with bright golden yellow variegation, on bold green leaves, dotted with a contrast-ing blue flower. The most vigorous of the variegated forms.

SERPYLLUM ALBA   WHITE MOSS THYME Code: 0967 Height: 5cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Forms a flat mat of light green foliage with tiny white flowers. It is slower to establish but unforgettable when in bloom.

SERPYLLUM COCCINEUS   RED CREEPING THYME Code: 8726 Height: 5cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Deep magenta-red flowers smother a carpet of tiny dark green leaves. Perfect for edging or rock gardens.

SERPYLLUM PINK CHINTZ   PINK CHINTZ THYME Code: 2859 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Forms a low dense carpet of fuzzy dark green leaves similar to woolly thyme, covered in pink flowers.

SERPYLLUM ROSEUS   PINK MOTHER-OF-THYME Code: 1016 Height: 10cm Foliage: Green Zone: 3 Time: Summer Aromatic leaves, rose-purple flowers, green foliage, sprawling habit.

VINCA

MINOR   PERIWINKLE, VINCA Code: 2947 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 4 Time: Spring A popular ground cover, forming a thick mat of glossy evergreen leaves, studded with periwinkle blue flowers. Quick to establish.

MINOR MRS. BOWLES   MRS. BOWLES PERIWINKLE,VINCA Code: 3777 Height: 15cm Foliage: Dark-Green Zone: 4 Time: Spring An improved strain of common Vinca Minor with rich, glossy green foliage and larger blue flowers.

MINOR RALPH SHUGERT PP6960   RALPH SHUGERT PERIWINKLE,VINCA Code: 0846 Height: 15cm Foliage: Variegated Zone: 4 Time: Spring Light green leaves edged with a uniform thin white border and blue flowers can be used to brighten a shady area. Not as aggressive as the species.

WALDSTEINIA TERNATA   SIBERIAN BARREN STRAWBERRY Code: 2469 Height: 15cm Foliage: Green Zone: 4 Time: Spring Forms a low, dense mat of shiny semi-evergreen foliage that resem-bles a strawberry leaf, dotted with yellow blooms in spring. Tough little plants, tolerant of various conditions.

VINCA MINOR RALPH SHUGERT

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SUN PART SUN SHADE NATIVE BIRD MOIST FLOWER DROUGHT

VINCA MINOR

VINCA MINOR ALBA

VINCA MINOR ILLUMINATION

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