AGP 363 – Landscape Plants
Plant ID List #1
HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS USED AS GROUNDCOVERS
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Common Name Scientific Name Family Name
Bishopweed, Bishop Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’ Apiaceae
Bigleaf Periwinkle Vinca major Apocynaceae
Vinca, Periwinkle, Cemetery Vine Vinca minor Apocynaceae
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense Aristolochiaceae
Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis Asparagaceae
Plantain Lily, Hosta Hosta hyb. Asparagaceae
Liriope, Monkey Grass, Lilyturf Liriope muscari Asparagaceae
Creeping Lilyturf Liriope spicata Asparagaceae
Candytuft Iberis sempervirens Brassicaceae
Japanese Spurge, Pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis Buxaceae
Sedum, Stonecrop Sedum spp. Crassulaceae
Bearded Iris, Tall Bearded Iris Iris germanica Iridaceae
Bugleweed, Ajuga Ajuga reptans Lamiaceae
Spotted Deadnettle Lamium maculatum Lamiaceae
Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus Asparagaceae
Plumbago, Leadwort Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Plumbaginaceae
Creeping Phlox, Moss Pink, Thrift Phlox subulata Polemoniaceae
Lenten Rose Helleborus orientalis Ranunculaceae
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Ranunculaceae
Houttuynia, Chamaeleon Plant Houttuynia cordata Saururaceae
Coral Bells, Alumroot, Heuchera Heuchera cv. Saxifragaceae
Daylily Hemerocallis hyb. Xanthorrhoeaceae