Creeping juniper, Juniperus horizontalis, is a low-growing evergreen plant native to North America, found throughout much of Canada and the northern regions of the United States. Juniper plants ...

Carpet bugle's (Ajuga spp.) dense foliage blankets the ground, with colorful blooms from spring to early summer. (Rick Wetherbee) Groundcovers are specialists at anchoring the garden and filling ...

Description: A perennial groundcover native to areas of Europe and Asia and naturalized in North America, it's evergreen to semi-evergreen in the Bay Area. The species Lysimachia nummularia has ...

A good groundcover is a little like obscenity: hard to define, but you know it when you see it. It could be an annual, perennial or shrub; it might or might not boast showy flowers; and it could be… ...

Ajuga This familiar perennial ground cover tolerates filtered to full shade. It's only 3-6 inches tall with evergreen rosettes and deep blue flowers in spring. Look for variegated forms.

Periwinkle (Vinca minor) is a common, low-growing, evergreen groundcover that probably would be as good as anything, if youre careful about picking out the weeds until it thickens.

Gray Creeping Germander, Teucrium aroanium, blooms with fragrant pink to purple flowers in summer. The plant is an excellent small scale evergreen groundcover for sunny sites in well-drained soil ...

There are those who like to see soil between their plants, and others that seem compelled to fill in every inch of their landscape. Each method is fine, but using both strategies can work even better.

Finally, think about a patch or two of low perennials or creeping groundcovers. For sun, I like creeping sedum (semi-evergreen), vinca (evergreen), hardy geranium, campanula, ...