Guide to Ground Covers
Low evergreen
| Broadmoor juniper Buffalo juniper Calgary Carpet juniper Russian cypress |
Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor' Juniperus sabina 'Buffalo' Juniperus sabina 'Calgary Carpet' Microbiota decussata |
2m wide/30cm high 2m wide/20cm high 1m wide/25cm high 3m wide/40cm high |
Medium evergreen
| Blue Danube juniper Table Top spruce Nest spruce |
Juniperus sabina 'Blue Danube' Picea abies 'Tabuliformis' Picea abies 'Nidiformis' |
3m wide/70cm high 5m wide/1.5m high 2m wide/75cm high |
Low shrub
| Sweet fern Bassino rose Doorenbos rose Max Graf rose Repens alba rose Magic Carpet spirea Halward Silver spirea Minuet weigela Tango weigela |
Comptonia peregrina Rosa 'Bassino' Rosa 'Doorenbos' Rosa 'Max' Graf Rosa paullii Spirea bumalda 'Magic Carpet' Spirea nipponica 'Halward's Silver' Weigela 'Minuet' Weigela 'Tango' |
1m+ wide/75cm high 2m wide/40cm high 1m+ wide/50cm high 2m wide/50cm high 3m wide/50cm high 1m wide/40cm high 1.5m wide/75cmhigh 75cm wide/75m high 75cm wide/75m high |
Medium Shrub
| New Hampshire Gold Forsythia Potentilla (in variety) Fru Dagmar Hastrup rose Rosa rugosa (in variety) Gold flame spirea |
Forsythia 'N.H. Gold' Potentilla fruticosa Rosa 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' Rosa rugosa Spirea bumalda 'Goldflame' |
2.5m wide/2.5m high 1m wide/1m high 2m wide/1.25 high 2m+wide/1.5m high 1m wide/60cm high |
Perennials
| Low | Meduim | Tall
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