From Bare to Beautiful: 9 Best Groundcovers to Plant Now!

As autumn settles in, transforming your garden into a beautiful, lush paradise is easier than you think. Fall is the perfect time to plant groundcover plants that will. keep your landscape vibrant and well-protected through the colder months.

Here are 9 of our best groundcover options to consider for your garden this fall (adaptable to most soil types):

• Vinca minor: Also known as periwinkle for its charming blue flowers in spring & summer, is hardy and thrives in both sun and shade. Glossy evergreen leaves create a lush, carpet-like effect in your garden. Perfect for controlling erosion on slopes.
• Pachysandra: A popular evergreen groundcover that excels in shady areas. Dense, glossy foliage forms a mat that keeps weeds at bay and add texture to your landscape. In spring, produces delicate white flowers providing contrast to its deep green leaves.
• Wintercreeper: An extremely versatile evergreen groundcover for sun or shade. Known for vigorous growth and provides texture foliage layers that look lovely year round. Excellent for slopes.
• Dwarf Plumbago: A strong growing groundcover that features bright blue flowers from late summer into fall. Plant in sunny areas for contrasting colors.
• Iberis Alexander's White: Also known as Candytuft, is a groundcover with clusters of small white blooms during spring. Dark green evergreen year round. Excellent for rock gardens and edging pathways.
• Georgia Blue Veronica: A clumping style groundcover with tiny deep blue flowers during spring and early summer. Evergreen foliage changes to bronze in fall. Thrives in full to part sun spaces.
• White Creeping Pholx: Blanket of white flowers in spring set atop dense evergreen foliage. Ideal for rocky areas, slopes, garden borders. Adaptable to most soil types.
• Blue Star Creeper: Low-grower features tiny star-shaped flowers during spring. Good for sun and shade. Good to fill gaps between stepping stones.
• Amazing Grace Creeping Phlox: Delicate white flowers during spring. Spreads to form dense mat. Great for retaining walls, pathways and rock gardens.

Happy Gardening!

Cheryl

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