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Groundcovers & Vines

Groundcovers & vines offer both beauty and practical solutions in the garden. They can stabilize steep hills, blanket a border garden, introduce a carpet of flowers, decorate a trellis or gate, or provide effective weed barriers, all while offering color and variety.

  • Common Name
  • Botanical Name

Akebia

Akebia

Zone: 3

Sun

HT: 20-40'

Bittersweet, American

Celastrus

Zone: 2

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 15-25'

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus

Zone: 4

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 40-50'

Bugleweed

Ajuga

Zone: 3-10

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 8"

Bunchberry

Cornus canadensis

Zone: 2

Shade

HT: 4-6"

Clematis Vine

Clematis

Zone: 3-8

part/full sun

HT: 8-10'

Coral Berry, Low-Growing

Symphoricarpus, Low-Growing

Zone: 4

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 1-2'

Hydrangea, Climbing

Hydrangea petiolaris

Zone: 4

Sun/Shade

HT: 30'

Japanese Pachysandra

Pachysandra

Zone: 4-9

Shade

HT: 6-8"

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria

Zone: 3-7

Part Sun/Shade

HT: 6-12"

Periwinkle

Vinca

Zone: 4-9

Part Sun/Shade

HT: 4-8"

Star

Chrysogonum

Zone: 5-9

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 8"

Sweet Woodruff

Galium

Zone: 4-8

Part Sun

HT: 10-12"

Thyme, Creeping

Thymus, Creeping

Zone: 4-5

Sun

HT: 1-2"

Thyme, Wooly

Thymus, Wooly

Zone: 4-9

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 1"

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus

Zone: 3

Sun/Shade

Wisteria

Wisteria

Zone: 3

Sun

HT: 20'

Yellowroot

Xanthorhiza

Zone: 4

Shade

HT: 2-3'

Ajuga

Bugleweed

Zone: 3-10

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 8"

Akebia

Akebia

Zone: 3

Sun

HT: 20-40'

Celastrus

Bittersweet, American

Zone: 2

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 15-25'

Chrysogonum

Star

Zone: 5-9

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 8"

Clematis

Clematis Vine

Zone: 3-8

part/full sun

HT: 8-10'

Convallaria

Lily of the Valley

Zone: 3-7

Part Sun/Shade

HT: 6-12"

Cornus canadensis

Bunchberry

Zone: 2

Shade

HT: 4-6"

Galium

Sweet Woodruff

Zone: 4-8

Part Sun

HT: 10-12"

Hydrangea petiolaris

Hydrangea, Climbing

Zone: 4

Sun/Shade

HT: 30'

Pachysandra

Japanese Pachysandra

Zone: 4-9

Shade

HT: 6-8"

Parthenocissus

Virginia Creeper

Zone: 3

Sun/Shade

Symphoricarpus, Low-Growing

Coral Berry, Low-Growing

Zone: 4

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 1-2'

Thymus, Creeping

Thyme, Creeping

Zone: 4-5

Sun

HT: 1-2"

Thymus, Wooly

Thyme, Wooly

Zone: 4-9

Sun/Part Sun

HT: 1"

Vinca

Periwinkle

Zone: 4-9

Part Sun/Shade

HT: 4-8"

Wisteria

Wisteria

Zone: 3

Sun

HT: 20'

Xanthorhiza

Yellowroot

Zone: 4

Shade

HT: 2-3'

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