| Ground Covers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Name and Common Name | Water Use Zone | NC Hardiness Zone | Flower Color/Time of Bloom | Normal Height (in) | Growth Rate | Group | Exposure |
| Ajugareptans Carptet Bugle | 1,2 | 7a to 8 | Purple/Spring | 2-4 | Medium to Fast | Evergreen | Shade/Semi-Shade |
| Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus,' Wintercreeper Euonymus | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7a | Not Showy | 6-18 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Hedera canariensis Algerian Ivy | 1,2,3 | 8 | None | 6-~ | Medium | Evergreen | Shade/Semi-Shade |
| Hadra helix English Ivy | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | None | 6-12 | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Shade |
| Hypericum calycum Aaronsbeard, St. Johnswort | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Yellow/Spring | 8-12 | Medium to Fast | Semi-Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific,' Shore Juniper | 2,3 | 6b to 8 | None | 12-18 | Fast | Evergreen | Sun |
| Juniperus horizontalis Creeping Juniper | 2,3 | 6b to 8 | None | 12-24 | Moderate | Evergreen | Sun |
| Liriope muscarii Liriope | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Purple/Summer | 8-15 | Mdium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Liriope spicata Spreading Liriope | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Purple/Summer | 8-15 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Shade |
| Ophiopogon Japonicus Dwarf Lilyturf or Mondograss | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Not showy | 5-6 | Mdium | Evergreen | Shade |
| Phlox subulata Moss Phlox or Thrift | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Pink, White, Purple/Spring | 3-4 | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Vinca minor Common Periwinkle | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7b | Purple/Spring | 5-6 | Fast | Evergreen | Shade |
| Vinca major Large Periwinkle | 1,2 | 7 to 8 | Purple/Spring | 12-24 | Moderate | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |