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Hybrid Witch Hazel
All witch hazels are delightful for their spicily fragrant, delicately showy winter flowers. During periods of extreme cold the flower petals curl up into a tight ball, and thus can…
Wintergreen
Best known for the flavoring extracted from it, wintergreen is one of the densest evergreen ground covers for dense, medium, or light shade. A single plant spreads by underground stems…
Snake’s Head Lily, Checkered Lily, Guinea Hen Flower
This hardy European bulb grows to about a foot, sometimes higher, and bears curious but exquisite flowers in a solitary, pendulous habit. In a lightly shaded border. near the edge…
Wild or Sand Strawberry
Rich, glossy foliage, not fruit, is this evergreen perennial’s greatest asset in the garden. In light shade it makes a deep-green ground cover for large or small areas, including slopes,…
Dwarf Blue Fescue
This is a popular, small, tufted grass with finely textured, silvery blue evergreen foliage. It grows from 6 to 12 inches high in a neat mound. It must have well-drained…
Wintercreeper
Hardy, tough wintercreeper grows in nearly every part of North America, in virtually any soil or exposure. Flowers are inconspicuous, but evergreen foliage of this species and its varieties is…
Erythronium
This picturesque group comes mainly from North American woodlands, although the one European native, E. dens-cans, is the Euonymus species best known. Its common name, dog-tooth violet, has nothing to…
Barrenwort, Bishop’s-Hat
The Bishop’s-Hat or epimediums are easy to grow, hardy, and too seldom used. They spread with creeping roots to make a uniform, 9-inch ground cover. The plant is semi-evergreen; most…
Indian Strawberry
This evergreen strawberry relative and lookalike is a versatile ground cover. Although in most areas it accepts sun, it is more at home in medium to light shade. It grows…
Wood Fern, Shield Fern
This large group of ferns includes many that are native to the forests of the United States and Canada. Most are very hardy, evergreen. and easy to grow. All wood…
