We believe ground covers offer great solutions to many landscape problems: an alternative to patchy turf, reduced maintenance costs under trees and shrubs, a living mulch with less weeding, softening of hardscape edges and less soil erosion on slopes. We are working on an increasing number of native species for naturalization and restoration as well. Explore our commonly offered plants or suggest some new ones we should try!
We grow most of our plants in 4" (10 cm) pots, but certain species are offered in 1 gallon, growers flats or 36-cell plug trays. Check out individual plant descriptions and the wholesale price list for formats offered.
Native Ground Covers & Ferns*
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern)
Anemone canadensis (Canada Anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (Red Columbine)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry)
Asarum canadense (Canadian Wild Ginger)
Athyrium felix-femina (Lady Fern)
Cystopteris bulbifera (Berry Bladder Fern)
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry)
Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal Wood Fern)
Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen)
Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)​
Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Stylophorum diphyllum (Wood Poppy)
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Native Cultivars
Viola labradorica 'Purpurea' (Labrador Violet)
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* many of our native species, including ferns, are now being produced from Southern Ontario seed and spore sources; if you require origin information for restoration projects, please let us know.
Classic Ground Covers
Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty' (Bugleweed)
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (Bugleweed)
Asarum europaeum (European Wild Ginger)
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese Painted Fern)
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)
Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus' (Purple Leaf Wintercreeper)
Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
Geranium xcantabrigiense 'Biokovo' (Dwarf Geranium)
Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Geranium)
Hedera helix 'Baltic' (English Ivy)
Hedera helix 'Thorndale' (English Ivy)
Hemerocallis (Daylily, 12 cultivars)
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' (Spotted Dead Nettle)
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy' (Spotted Dead Nettle)
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' (Gold Creeping Jenny)
Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Spurge)
Sedum spurium 'Dragon's Blood' (Dragon's Blood Sedum)
Sedum spurium 'Red Carpet' (Red Carpet Sedum)
Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum' (Variegated Stonecrop)
Thymus serphyllum syn. pseudolanuginosus (Woolly Thyme)
Thymus serphyllum 'Albus' (White Flowering Thyme)
Thymus serphyllym 'Coccineus' (Red Creeping Thyme)
Thymus serphyllum 'Elfin' (Elfin Thyme)
Vinca minor (Myrtle, Periwinkle)
Vinca minor 'Alba' (White Myrtle)
Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea' (Purple Myrtle)
Vinca minor 'Aureovariegata' (Gold Variegated Myrtle)
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