Common
Name
| Scientific
Name
| Size
| Exposure
| Features
| Problems
|
| English Ivy
| Hedera helix
| .
| -shade
-likes moisture
| -fast growing
-dense evergreen vine
-propagated from runners or cuttings
-harmless to trees
-varieties have varying size and color of leaf
| . |
| Ajuga
| Ajuga reptans
| 1-3 in.
| -shade or partial sun
-loamy well-drained soil
| -fast growing evergreen
-blue flower spikes in spring
-good for rock gardens and recommended for small areas
-green, bronze or purple variegated varieties
| -will overcrowd itself
-susceptible to crown rot and southern wilt |
Confederate or
Star Jasmine
| Trachelospermum jasminoides
| .
| sun or shade
| -fast growing evergreen
-twining vine
| . |
| Dwarf Junipers
| numerous varieties
ex.: Juniperus procumbens and Juniperous horizontalis
"Bar Harbor"
| .
| -sun
-well-drained soil
| -blue-green evergreen foliage
-dense growth
-good for rock gardens
| -susceptible to red spider and bagworm |
| Trailing Lantana
| Lantana sellowiana and other varieties
| .
| prefers sun
| -tolerates poor soil
-semi-evergreen
-abundant lavender blooms all summer
-trailing type
| . |
| Liriope
| Liriope muscari
| .
| sun or shade
| -spike type foliage on plants which clump
-lavender-blue spike flowers in summer
-some varieties are variegated or have a double bloom
| . |
Monkey or Mondo
Grass
| Ophiopogon japonicum
| .
| sun or shade
| -very hardy
-easy culture
| . |
| Plumbago
| Plumbago capensis
| 3 ft.
| sun or semi-shade
| -vining characteristic
-blue flowers all summer into fall
-easy culture
| -not winter hardy but returns in spring |
| Strawberry Begonia
| Saxifrage decipiens
| -hugs ground
-likes moisture
| shade or filtered sun
| -spreads by runners
-good in rock gardens
-rose colored foliage in winter
-recommended for small areas
| -tends to die back if exposed to too much
summer heat |
| Cast Iron Plant
| Aspidistra
| 2 ft.
| prefers shade
| -large coarse textured leaves
-evergreen
-variegated variety
| -dies back with severe cold to return in
spring |
| Purple Japanese Honeysuckle
| Lonicera japonica
chinensis
| .
| .
| -shrub with vining characteristics
-dense evergreen
-rugged
-honeysuckle blooms in late spring or early summer
-purple foliage in fall and winter
-fast growing
| . |
| Vinca, Periwinkle
| Vinca major
| up to 18 in.
| shade or partial sun
| -fast growing evergreen
-twining vine
-blue flowers in late spring
-recommended for large areas, ditch banks, rock gardens, etc.
-variegated variety
| . |
| Verbena
| various species
| .
| -demands sun
-good drainage
| -vivid blooms
-various colors depending on variety
| -not completely winter hardy
-susceptible to red spider, leaf miner and aphids |
| Silvermound
| Senecio
| .
| sun
| -mounds of fine, textured silver or green
depending on variety
-small heads of yellow blooms in mid to late summer
-fast growth
| -may be damaged by cold but returns in spring |
| Dusty Miller
| Senecio cineraria
| up to 30 in.
| full sun
| -summer flowering
-attractive silver-gray foliage
-fast growth
| -may be damaged by cold but returns in spring |
| Moss Phlox
| Phlox subulata
| .
| sun or partial shade
| -low massive evergreen which creeps across the
ground
-vivid pink blooms in early spring
-fast growth
-recommended for rock gardens, bed borders and small areas
| . |
| Dwarf blue fescue
| Festuca ovina glauca
| .
| -demands sun
-well-drained soils
| -rounded mounds of silver-gray grass
-evergreen
-fast growth
-good for rock gardens or interplanted in a rock ground cover
| . |
| Winter Creeper or Creeping Euonymus
| Euonymus fortunei
and varieties
| .
| .
| -evergreen creeping character
| -rather sparse, thus does not provide a solid
cover
-will often appear messy and unkempt |
| Daylilies
| Hemerocallis
| .
| sun or semi-shade
| -forms dense clumps which provide rich summer
blooms
-easy to culture numerous varieties
-fast growth
| -susceptible to aphids |