2023 Dayton Nursery Catalog

Euonymous Purpleleaf Wintercreeper j p a k fort. Coloratus zones 4 - 9 Ivy - like growth makes an outstanding evergreen groundcover or low, spreading shrub. Deep - green foliage turns beautiful, rich plum color during the cool season. Can climb structures or walls. Height: 2’, Spread: 6 - 8’ Hedera Helix English Ivy j p i a e k = Plant one foot on center for best results. Excellent as a vine to climb and cling to stone or brick walls. Also, works as a ground cover in shad ed as well as sunny areas. Does well in window boxes, and even as a vine indoors. Height: 4 - 8” Pachysandra Japanese Spurge p i a e k A fast spreading, maintenance - free evergreen. Will grow in sunny areas, but develops dark green color in partly of fully shaded areas, where few other plants can succeed. Plant 6” on center. Zones 4 - 8 terminalis (not pictured) Low & compact ground cover with glossy green leaves that retains its deep beauty even in adverse conditions. Hardy, easy to grow and maintenance free evergreen ground cover. Thrives in the dense shade of evergreens. Height: 6 - 10”, Spread: 6 - 12” Green Sheen This improved selection has attractive evergreen stems that hold extra glossy, bright green leaves. Spreads to form a dense carpet. Deer resistant. Will grow in sunny locations but develops best foliage color in partly or fully shaded areas. Plant 6” on center for the best effect. Height: 6 - 10” Variegata A mat - forming dwarf evergreen ground cover with cream - margined foliage and small white flowers in erect spikes in early summer. Height: 6 - 10” Vinca Minor Periwinkle/ Creeping Myrtle j p i e k Fast - growing plant is useful on banks, slopes, and under trees. Plant 12” apart. Blooms May - June. Hedera helix zones 5 - 9

Photo courtesy of Willoway Nurseries, Inc.

GROUND COVERS IN OTHER CATEGORIES

Perennial ground covers:

Ajuga, Bugleweed Convallaria majalis, Lily of the Valley Galium, Sweet Woodruff Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen Geranium, Cranesbill Lamium, Spotted Dead Nettle Myosotis sylvatica, Forget - Me - Not Phlox subulata, Creeping Phlox Sedum, Stonecrop Thymus, Creeping Thyme Viola, Violet Liriope , Lily - turf Mazus, Mazus

Wintercreeper

Ground covers in the shrub category:

Cotoneaster apiculatus , Cotoneaster Euonymus, forunei ‘ Moonshadow ’ Juniperus, horizontallis ‘ Billow Beach ’ Juniperus , squamata ‘ Blue Star ’ Juniperus, chinensis ‘ Daub ’ s Frosted ’ Juniperus, hortizontalis ‘ Mother Lode ’

Juniperus, procumbens ‘ Nana ’ Juniperus, horizontalis ‘ Wiltoni ’

Rose ground covers:

Rosa DRIFT® Series

Pachysandra ‘ Green Sheen ’

Pachysandra ‘ Variegata ’

minor Bowles ( Bowles Cunningham) zones 4 - 8

Bowles displays large violet - blue flowers atop small glossy green leaves. Fast, vine - like growth, only inches high, spread indefinite. Height: 4 - 6”

English Ivy

Vinca ‘ Bowles ’

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