Ground Cover Plant & Close-Up of Flowers

Height: 1/2 foot

Spread: Spreading

Bloom color: White

Characteristics

Spreading evergreen perennial ground cover

Stems root at nodes to form new plants

Creeping stems send up short, leafy branches

Succulent, light-green leaves arranged alternately or in whorls of threeSucculent, light-green leaves arranged alternately or in whorls of three

Greenish-white flowers on flowering branch 4-8 inches high from April to June

Attributes

Tolerates rabbits, deer, drought, and air pollution

Attracts butterflies and bees

Easy to control growth

Growing and Maintenance Tips Excellent Replacement for

Soil requirements: Average, well-drained soil Lawn grasses in dry shady sites

Light requirements: Part-shade to shade Creeping Jenny - Lysimachia nummularia

Water requirements: Medium Iceplant - Delosperma spp.

Once established, little maintenance is needed Periwinkle - Vinca minor

Use in rock gardens or under woodland trees and shrubs

Hardiness: USDA Zones 4-8

Top image: Missouri Botanical Garden; Bottom image: Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center

Tried and TrueNative Plant Selections

for the Mid-Atlantic

Sedum ternatumWild Stonecrop

This lovely ground cover, the most widespread native member of the Sedum family in eastern North America, favors rocky banks, cliffs, and woods. Its tiny white star-like flowers with five pointed petals rise in showy clusters above succulent foliage in the spring.

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