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Plant Category: Groundcover
This artificial classification groups many unrelated plants, both woody and herbaceous by their generally prostrate growth habit. Any plant that spreads to cover the ground and remains, unsupported, to under 2 feet tall is listed here. Many vines, shrubs, ferns, perennials and grasses can be treated as a groundcover.
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Aloe humilis Spider Aloe - Small clumping succulent w/ 4" tall rosettes & 1' stalks of orange-red flowers late winter. Full sun. Well drained soil. Little h2o. Hardy to low 20sF 
Aloe humilis x pratensis Deinhart hybrids - Small plants w/short gray lvs covered in white tubercles & orange flwrs in summer. Plant in full sun. Well drained soil. Little H2O. Hardy to 20-25F. 
Aloe juvenna Tiger Tooth Aloe - Low growing succulent with many 1-2' long stems of clasping lvs tipped w/tight rosettes. Rarely flowers. Sun/shade. Well drained soil. Hardy to 20-25F 
Aloe millotii Millot's Aloe - Low sprawling plant <1' tall w/short recurved greenish brown lvs & spring orange flwrs. Ful/part sun. Little H2O. Hardy to 25F. 
Aloe mitriformis Mitre Aloe - Low wide sprawling succulent w/blue-green lvs w/gold spines & coral summer flwrs. Well drained soil. Full sun/light shade. Little H2O. Hardy 20F. 
Aloe 'Rooikappie' Little Red Riding Hood Aloe - Clumping to 1' tall w/spotted lvs & branched 2' stalks of orange/yellow flwrs year round. Full sun/light shade. Occasional H20. Hardy to at least 25F. 
Aloe 'Safari Rose' PP28,002 Safari Rose Aloe - Clumping 1' tall w/upright green lvs & pink & salmon flwrs fall-spring. Sun/light shade. Occasional water. Hardy to 23F. Propagation Prohibited. 
Aloe Safari Sunrise ['X5'] PP23,267 Safari Sunrise Aloe - Clumping 1' tall w/thin upright green lvs & pink & white flwrs spring-winter. Sun/light shade. Occasional water. Hardy to 21F. Propagation Prohibited 
Aloe 'Snowstorm' Snowstorm Aloe - Clustering to 4" tall w/short triangular green lvs w/ white bands & white & orange flwrs. Sun/light shade. Occasional water. Hardy to 25-30F. 
Aloe Topaz ['LEO 4120'] Topaz Grass Aloe - Clumping succulent 18" tall with narrow upright green lvs w/pink & orange flwrs. Full sun-light shade. Occasional irrigation. Hardy to 25-30 F 
Aloe 'Verity Nice' Clustering succulent to 2' tall w/yellow flowers produced year round. Plant in full sun to light shade with little to occasional water. Hardy to 25F. 
Aloe 'Zanzibar' Long-leafed Tiger Tooth Aloe - Low growing succulent w/many 1-2' long stems of clasping lvs tipped w/tight rosettes & red flowers. Sun/shade. Well drained soil. Hardy to 20-25F 
Alstroemeria Indian Summer ['Tesronto Imp'] PP24,540 Indian Summer Peruvian Lily - To 28" tall w/bronze lvs & year-round orange, yellow & red flwrs Full/part sun.Infrequent /regular water. Hardy to 15-20 F. 'Tesronto Imp' PP24,540 
Alstroemeria Little Miss Zoe ['Zoe'] PP30,680 Little Miss Zoe Peruvian Lily - Perennial w/variegated lvs & red-pink flwrs on 8-12" tall stalks in spring/summer. Full sun/light shade. Medium to low water needs. Hardy to 15-20 F. 
Aptenia 'Red Apple', Hort. Baby Sun Rose - Succulent groundcover with bright green foliage and pink flowers year-round. Full coastal sun to light shade. Occasional H2O. Hardy to 20F. 
Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet' Carpet Manzanita - Evergreen groundcover 10-16" tall by 3-6' wide w/white flowers winter-spring. Full sun. Water occasionally. Hardy to 15-20 degrees F. 
Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' Manzanita - Mounding shrub to 2' tall and 6' wide w/ red new growth that ages to gray-green in summer. Purple-red berries follow pink flowers. Hardy to 5 F. 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Green Supreme' Manzanita - Evergreen groundcover 6 in.x12' with bright green lvs & white flwrs spring-summer. Full sun. Drought tolerant. 15-20 degrees F. 
Arctotis acaulis 'Big Magenta' Magenta African Daisy - Evergreen groundcover. Full sun. Low H2O. Lrge magenta flwrs w/ orange ring spring-summer. 1'x3'+. 20-25 degrees F. SMG 2000 Introduction. 
Arctotis acaulis 'Big Red' Red African Daisy - Evergreen groundcover. Full sun. Low H2O. Lrge red flwrs w/ orange ring spring-summer. 1'x3'+. 20-25 degrees F. SMG 2024 Introduction. 
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