Ground cover plants
Instead of weeding: a close mat that shuts the ground and keeps weeds out.
17 plantsThe list holds the plants the catalogue marks as ground cover.
Bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri 'Major'
Blue Chip juniperJuniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'
Common ivyHedera helix
Cranesbill 'Rozanne'Geranium 'Rozanne'
Creeping thymeThymus serpyllum
Garden strawberryFragaria × ananassa
Heartleaf bergeniaBergenia cordifolia
Japanese forest grassHakonechloa macra
Japanese spurgePachysandra terminalis
Lady's mantleAlchemilla mollis
Lesser periwinkleVinca minor
Lily of the valleyConvallaria majalis
Moss phloxPhlox subulata
Old Gold juniperJuniperus × pfitzeriana 'Old Gold'
Plantain lily 'Halcyon'Hosta 'Halcyon'
Rose 'The Fairy'Rosa 'The Fairy'
WintercreeperEuonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Plants picked for your own plot
The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.
Design my gardenFree, no account and no card
Other lists
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Plants for a hedge13 plantsSpecies that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
- Plants for pots8 plantsFor a terrace or a balcony, where the soil ends at the wall of the pot and water goes twice as fast.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.