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28個容易種植在地上的花卉植物(二)

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15.Sweet Woodruff

Sweet woodruff is the perfect ground cover for adding fragrance to your backyard. When the leaves are crushed they smell like freshly mown hay. This is one plant that isn't prone to invasiveness and tends to form well-mannered clumps.

Name: Galium odoratum

Growing Conditions: Part to full shade and well-drained soil

Size: To 12 inches tall

Zones: 4-8




16.Japanese Forestgrass

Ornamental grasses are a beautiful way to add texture to the landscape. Low-growing forms are great ground covers -- and Japanese forestgrass is one of the best. It comes in glowing shades of gold and chartreuse, and forms flowing mounds that hug the ground.

Name: Hakonechloa macra

Growing Conditions: Full to part sun, moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 2 feet tall

Zones: 5-9





17.Hens-and-Chicks

A perfect companion for sedums, hens-and-chicks is an excellent succulent for the rock garden, stone wall, or crevice in the sidewalk. Hens-and-chicks is among the lowest-maintenance of ground covers. Just plant and enjoy.

Name: Sempervivum varieties

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: 4 inches tall

Zones: 3-9




18.Soapwort

Soapworts are underappreciated plants. Many of them make fine ground covers. 'Max Frei' is a low-growing, mat-forming cultivar that is highlighted with starry pink flowers in spring. It's an excellent choice for gardens because it tolerates summer's heat and humidity.

Name: Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei'

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: To 1 foot tall

Zones: 3-7




19.Showy Evening Primrose

This heat-, drought-, and humidity-tolerant plant rewards you in midsummer with showy pink flowers. While it's easy growing, it does require some patience: It's one of the last ground covers to emerge from the ground in early spring.

Name: Oenothera speciosa

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: 2 feet tall

Zones: 5-9




20.Thyme

Enjoy the fresh smell of thyme underfoot in your garden. This easy-to-grow ground cover offers fragrant foliage and pink or white flowers in spring or summer.

Name: Thymus serpyllum

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: To 10 inches tall

Zones: 4-9




21.Armeria

A charming plant not seen enough in gardens, armeria offers low, grassy foliage and clusters of bright pink or white flowers in late spring and early summer. For extra interest, look for 'Rubrifolia', which offers burgundy-tinged foliage.

Name: Armeria maritima

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: To 8 inches tall

Zones: 3-9




22.Creeping Phlox

Pink, white, purple, red, and bicolors with darker-colored eyes abound in spring on this perennial ground cover. Perfect for edging sidewalks and walkways, this slow-growing perennial likes full sun and well-drained soil. Creeping phlox won't become a rowdy neighbor to the tulips, daffodils, and other spring bulbs that look charming planted with it.

Name: Phlox subulata

Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: To 8 inches tall

Zones: 3-9




23.Barren Strawberry

Barren strawberries are native to eastern North America and are appreciated as garden plants for forming dense clumps with strawberry-like foliage and yellow flowers.

Name: Waldsteinia fragarioides

Growing Conditions: Part to full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size: 1 foot tall

Zones: 4-8




24.Prostrate Veronica

This is the ground cover version of the taller, well-known veronica. Its blue flowers are a dazzling contrast to the golden foliage of cultivars such as 'Trehane' and 'Goldwell'.

Name: Veronica prostrata

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: To 1 foot tall

Zones: 4-8





25.Cotula

Here's a great plant you probably haven't heard of. Cotula offers tiny, fine-textured foliage that's tinged black. Plus, it tolerates some degree of traffic, so you can walk on it.

Name: Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: 6 inches tall

Zones: 4-7



26.Sedum

Low-growing sedums may not produce the big bang of color like their taller cousins, but it's hard to go wrong with these ultra-low-maintenance ground covers for sunny spots. This one provides golden blooms in summer.

Name: Sedum acre

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: 3 inches tall

Zones: 4-9




27.Snow-in-Summer

Billowing mounds of crystalline white flowers float over snow-in-summer's silvery foliage. It makes a delightful accent to a stone wall, patio, or garden border. Snow-in-summer is able to handle a range of soil types as well.

Name: Cerastium tomentosum

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: 3 inches tall

Zones: 3-7




28.Lamb's Ears

Kids love the fuzzy leaves of this old-fashioned, classic perennial. Soft and silvery, lamb's ear forms comfortable, low-growing mounds. Equally fuzzy spikes of purple to pink flowers add interest in summer. Good cultivars to watch for include 'Cotton Ball', 'Big Ears', and 'Primrose Heron'.

Name: Stachys byzantina

Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil

Size: To 18 inches tall

Zones: 4-7



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