100 common ground cover plants

1. Iris

Iris is also called blue butterfly, purple butterfly, flat bamboo flower, etc. Iris is a perennial herb of the Liliales, Iridaceae, and Iris genus. The rhizome is very strong, with tubers or creeping rhizomes. The leaves are sword-shaped, about 15-50 cm long and about 1.5-3.5 cm wide. The flowers are very beautiful and relatively large. The colors of the flowers are mainly blue-purple, purple, red-purple, yellow, white, etc., with an elegant fragrance.

2. Aster

Aster is an annual or biennial herb of the Asteraceae family, Aster genus, with a plant height of about 30-100 cm, erect stems, ovate or oblong leaves, and capitula on the stems. The corolla of the bisexual flowers is yellow, and the flower colors include light white, light red, blue-purple, etc.

3. Canna

Canna is a perennial herb of the Cannaceae family and Canna genus. It can grow up to 1.5 meters tall. The whole plant is green and hairless, with waxy white powder on it. Canna has simple leaves that grow alternately. The leaves are ovate-oblong in shape, with racemes. The flowers are solitary or opposite, and the corollas are mostly red.

4. Trachelospermum

Trachelospermum jasminoides is an evergreen woody vine of the Apocynaceae family and the Trachelospermum genus. It has reddish-brown branches, many branches, and can bloom white flowers.

5. Other ground cover plants

In addition, there are chicory, daylily, gentian, butterfly flower, blue sage, cosmos, marigold, tulip, dahlia, peonies, violet yedoensis, perennial phlox, kale, allium, agapanthus, Martiana, cosmos, echinacea, cornflower, cockscomb, gerbera, salvia, amaranth, lily, tradescantia, primrose, petunia, campanula, etc.