Ground Cover

This is a list of plants that are low and spreading making them ideal as ground cover subjects.

Acaena	Ajuga	Aubrieta
Bergenia	Brunnera	Cornus Canadensis
Cotoneaster	Dianthus	Dryas
Euonymus fortunei	Gaultheria	Geranium
Geum	Helianthemum	Helxine
Hosta	Houttynia	Hypericum
Juniperus	Lamium	Mahonia aquifolium
Pachysandra	Phlox alpine vars	Persicaria
Potentilla	Saponaria	Saxifraga
Sedum	Stachys	Tellima
Tolmia	Thymus	Tiarella
Veronica	Vaccinium	Vinca
Waldestina	Rose Flowercarpet

Many other plants can be used for smothering the ground to prevent the weeds from growing. Providing that the light cannot penetrate through the plant then the weeds will not grow given you the gardener good ground cover.

Reigate Garden Centre recommend’s that you use J Arthur Bowers Tree & Shrub Planting Compost when planting all trees & shrubs.