Native Groundcovers

Beach Dune Sunflower

Helianthus debilis

Cold: Semi-tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

2 ft height. Long lived annual wildflower, pull main plant out when too leggy. Reseeds. Showy yellow flowers all year. Excellent groundcover. Not mow-able or walk-able.

Frogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

4 in height. Spreading. Small purplish-white flowers year round. Can be used as a turf substitute in low traffic areas, mow-able.

Great nectar source for numerous pollinators as well as host plant for Common Buckeye, Phaon Crescent and White Peacock Butterflies.

Lakeside Twinflower

Dyschoriste humistrata

Cold: Semi-tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

5 in height. Wildflower groundcover for moist areas (or irrigation). Trim-able. Larval host for common buckeye butterfly.

Peperomia, Green

Peperomia obtusifolia

Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Shade / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

8 in height. Lush, succulent, good for shade. Not mow-able or walk-able.

Railroad Vine

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry Leaves: Evergreen

8 in height. Coastal, ground covering, prostrate vine. Perennial. Showy pink/purple flowers year round.

Sunshine Mimosa

Mimosa strigillosa

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

4 in height. Pink "pom-pom" flowers. Can be mowed to 4 inches. Bank stabilizing. Great for swales and pond banks.

Also known as "Sensitive Plant" because its leaflets close when touched. Deep root system. Aggressive.