List of Groundcovers for Sunset Zone 13![]()
List by scientific names
| Acacia angustissima (Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia, Timbre) Acacia redolens (Desert Carpet (TM), Prostrate Acacia) Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Atriplex semibaccata (Australian Saltbush) Aurinia saxatilis (Basket of Gold, Golden Alison) Baccharis 'Centennial' (Desert Broom) Baileya multiradiata (Desert Marigold) Bellis perennis (English Daisy) Bergenia crassifolia (Winter Blooming Bergenia) Bidens ferulifolia (Apache Beggarticks) Calylophus hartwegii (Sundrops) Carpobrotus chilensis (Ice Plant) Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' (Red Spike Ice Plant) Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-In-Summer) Convolvulus sabatius ssp. mauritanicus (Ground Morning Glory) Dalea greggii (Trailing Indigo Bush) Dicliptera resupinata (Foldwing, Purple Drop) Echinocereus triglochidiatus (Claret Cup, Strawberry Cactus) Eremophila glabra (Common Emu Bush) Eremophila laanii (Common Emu Bush) Festuca ovina (Sheep Fescue, Blue Fescue, Green Fescue) Gazania rigens (Gazania) Hedera helix (English Ivy) Helianthemum nummularium (Sunrose) Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) Hymenoxys acaulis (Angelita Daisy) Juniperus horizontalis Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel) Lamium maculatum (Dead Nettle, Spotted Nettle) Lantana 'Cream Carpet' (Lantana) Lantana 'Gold Mound' (Lantana) Lantana 'New Gold' (Lantana) Lantana 'White Lightning' (Lantana) Lantana 'Yellow Spreading' (Lantana) Lantana montevidensis (Trailing Lantana) Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alyssum, Seaside Lobularia) Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle, Hall's Honeysuckle) Malephora crocea (Ice Plant, Coppery Mesemb) Malephora luteola (Rocky Point Ice Plant) Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot Daisy) Monarda citriodora (Wild Bee Balm, Lemon Mint) Monarda didyma (Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Bergamot) Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) Myoporum parvifolium Nepeta × faassenii (Ornamental Catmint) Oenothera caespitosa (White Evening Primrose, Fragrant Evening Primrose) Oenothera macrocarpa (Ozark Sundrop) Oenothera speciosa var. berlandieri (Mexican Evening Primrose) Origanum laevigatum (Purple Origano, Ornamental Origano) Origanum syriacum (Bible Hyssop, Syrian Oregano) Origanum vulgare (Oregano, Wild Marjoram, Greek Oregano) Osteospermum fruticosum (Trailing African Daisy) Pennisetum setaceum ssp. cupreum (Fountain Grass) Portulaca grandiflora (Portulaca, Moss Rose) Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane) Portulaca umbraticola (Wingpod Purslane) Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' (Prostrate Rosemary) Sedum floriferum 'Weihenstephaner Gold' (Kamschatka Stonecrop) Sempervivum tectorum (Hens and Chicks, House Leeks) Setcreasea pallida (Purple heart, Wandering Jew) Stachys coccinea (Texas Betony, Scarlet Hedge Nettle) Stenotaphrum secundatum (St. Augustine grass, Buffalo Grass) Sutera cordata cv. 'Blue Showers' (Bacopa 'Blue Showers') Sutera cordata cv. 'Snowflake' (Bacopa 'Snowflake') Teucrium chamaedrys (Germander) Thymus pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme) Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine) Tradescantia fluminensis (Wandering Jew) Verbena rigida (Sandpaper Verbena) Vinca major (Periwinkle) |
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