{"title":"Groundcover Potential","description":"\u003cp\u003eI would like to get you more excited about the concept of ground cover. It is not the ho-hum, quotidian afterthought we are all led to believe through how the plants in this category are often sidelined in garden centers. This collection contains plants that are (mostly) low-growing (about 12\" or less in height at maturity, with a few exceptions) and either spread by runner or rhizome, or when massed will serve well as the lowest ground layer in a layered garden. This type of massing can be of a single species to create a uniform texture and color or can be a selection of low-growing species which knit together to create a tapestry garden of various textures and bloom times. This is where the creativity of the gardener comes in. These plants are not only beautiful, adding more texture, color, and bloom to your garden, they are also living mulch. This living mulch layer helps block the sunlight from the ground, which inhibits dormant seeds from germinating. Ground covers also regulate soil temperature, providing hospitable habitat for soil organisms and various invertebrates and small mammals that call this layer \"home\". Contrary to popular belief, they also help conserve moisture in the soil. I am often visited by gardeners who insist that no matter how beautiful my plants, they simply have no more room in their garden. Many of these gardeners also mulch around their plants every year. I offer all of you out there the challenge to establish living mulch around your larger plants instead of these periodically applied mulches. This can be as formal or \"wild\" feeling as you choose. I also think low-growing, mixed plantings are an excellent transition zone from mowed areas into borders containing larger plants and are also potential gardens within themselves where one would like to preserve sightlines and an open feeling, but still make a garden. Plants (for the most part) prefer growing in association with each other. Your ground covers have evolved to grow cheek-by-jowl with larger perennials, trees, and shrubs via different strategies. There are a few on this list you may look askance at. My reasoning is made apparent in the plant descriptions. There are taller, and aggressive, native, ground-covering plants that can help enormously in holding ground against invasives or solve other specific challenges. And although for the most part I do not include them here, any thicket-forming shrub could be considered a ground cover depending on context. A ground covering plant is any plant that covers the ground. Just sayin'.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anaphalis-margaritacea","title":"Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly Everlasting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes available:\u003c\/strong\u003e TBD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasics: \u003c\/strong\u003ezones 3-8, 12-24” x 12-24”, full sun to part shade, charming white \"buttons\" bloom on a branching structure in mid to late summer, likes well-drained soil, sandy or gravelly and on the lean side. Drought tolerant and likes well drained soil, but can take a moister soil in full sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/strong\u003ePearly Everlasting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFamily:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asteraceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\/Distribution:\u003c\/strong\u003e North America, Asia, native to Maine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery adaptable. Common along roadsides, fallow fields, meadows, and prairies as well as open woods, the edges of rivers and lakes (in full sun), and man-made or disturbed habitats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore: \u003c\/strong\u003eBe prepared for the leaves to get munched and made into shelters by both American Lady, \u003cem\u003eVanessa virginiensis\u003c\/em\u003e and Painted Lady, \u003cem\u003eVanessa cardui\u003c\/em\u003e, caterpillars. They create silken webs around and among the leaves and stems. Your plants are used to this and will survive. Although shorter-stemmed, Pearly Everlasting makes a good cut flower, in particular, for drying and for smaller posies. It also has medicinal properties and has been used as a substitute for tobacco. This plant is dioecious so it's best planted in a group. Likes full sun but I have a good patch going in part shade. Tolerant of both drought and lean soil. Likes good drainage, however Go Botany says it can sometimes be found on wetland edges. This plant is stoloniferous and a strong spreader under the right conditions, so has potential as a taller ground cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource: \u003c\/strong\u003eLandscape plugs from New Moon Nursery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage credit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wikimedia Commons\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Petal Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615253303603,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/6115\/8195\/files\/512px-Anapahlis_margaritacea.jpg?v=1745179781"},{"product_id":"aruncus-dioicus-kneiffi","title":"Aruncus dioicus 'Kneiffi' - Goatsbeard cultivar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSizes available: \u003c\/b\u003e#1 (Trade gallon), looking a bit stressed in the pot, roots look good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasics: \u003c\/b\u003ezone 3 to 7, 24-36\" x 18-24\", part shade to shade but more sun is fine as long as there is consistent moisture, lovely threadleaf, maple-like leaves, panicles of tiny ivory colored flowers in mid to late summer, likes medium to wet, rich soils, somewhat clay tolerant and not picky as to pH, in more shade it is drought tolerant and grows more openly with less flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003eGoatsbeard, Bride's Feathers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eRosaceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: \u003c\/b\u003ethe species is native to eastern and western North America as well as Europe and Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003edamp, mountainous forests and moist woodland edges,  however, I have found this cultivar to be extremely drought tolerant once established and I have it growing at the base of mature oaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eThe panicle is a delicate texture to add to a bouquet. Rabbit and deer tolerant. Lovely in a shady, mixed border. This cultivar is shorter than the species and has attractive, very deeply dissected leaves. It has probably been around since the 19th C. It is a potential taller ground cover in the right spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource: \u003c\/strong\u003eVan Berkum Nursery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage credits:\u003c\/strong\u003e Van Berkum Nursery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Petal Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642313773363,"sku":"","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/6115\/8195\/files\/Aruncus-Kneiffii.jpg?v=1754050592"},{"product_id":"asarum-canadense","title":"Asarum canadense - Wild Ginger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes available: \u003c\/strong\u003eOne quart, fair foliage, roots good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasics: \u003c\/b\u003ezones 3-7, 4-10\" x 6-18\", part shade to full shade, the fascinating, secretive brownish-red flower is hidden under the leaves in mid-spring. Get down on your knees and check it out! Although every resource says this plant wants consistent moisture, I have found it to be quite adaptable to drier shade. Wild ginger does like a neutral to acidic woodland soil with some richness to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003eWild Ginger, Catfoot, Broad-leaved Asarabacca, Woodland Ginger, Sturgeon Potato, Namepin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eAristolochiaceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: \u003c\/b\u003eeastern North America From Quebec and New Brunswick to Ontario and Minnesota south to Florida and Louisiana, native to Maine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003eshady moist woods and woodland slopes, deciduous understory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eWild ginger holds its foliage well through the summer so it's a good companion for spring ephemerals. It has the ability to shade out some invasive like Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). A potential colony-former with velvety, kidney-shaped leaves. The seeds are distributed by ants and it also spreads by rhizome, Deer resistant. The root has been used medicinally, and the plant contains the anti-tumor compound aristolochic acid. However, some sources say it has potentially carcinogenic properties as well. 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Don't you love this stuff?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy grow ferns? How about admiration for a group of plants that has been present on earth for over 360 million years, beautiful, leafy textures, and ecological services? All ferns provide much needed cool, shady cover for toads, frogs, salamanders, and small mammals. Most ferns are deer resistant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource:\u003c\/strong\u003e Van Berkum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage credit: \u003c\/strong\u003eHoney Petal Plants, young 'Godzilla' on the nursery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Petal Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642403361075,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/6115\/8195\/files\/AMBGodzilla.jpg?v=1747871352"},{"product_id":"carex-pensylvanica","title":"Carex pensylvanica - Pennsylvania Sedge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes available:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 quart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasics: \u003c\/b\u003ezones 4-8, 8\" x 12-18\", part sun to shade, mid spring bloom, drought tolerant once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003ePennsylvania Sedge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eCyperaceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: \u003c\/b\u003enative to Maine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003eopen woodland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eMore info coming soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEven more: \u003c\/strong\u003eIf I could talk more gardeners into filling their spaces with Carex species, I would consider my life well lived. They are an excellent ground cover layer and there are species for every conceivable light and moisture condition. Some of them also make good lawn alternatives. They can be planted under trees, shrubs, and taller herbaceous layers, acting as living mulch, retaining moisture and suppressing weeds and looking good doing it. They offer top notch habitat for wildlife, providing shelter and food for birds, small mammals, and invertebrates, and acting as larval hosts for numerous species. Their fibrous root systems are good at holding banks, slopes, and edges. For the most part they are deer and rabbit tolerant. And last but not least, they provide structural backbone - variations in texture, color, and rhythm - to your ornamental beds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSource: \u003c\/b\u003eVan Berkum Nursery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImage credits: \u003c\/b\u003eFrank Meuschke of Shelterwood Gardens; Wikimedia Commons\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Petal Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642604196147,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/6115\/8195\/files\/FrankCarexPennHabitat.jpg?v=1745443054"},{"product_id":"carex-plantaginea","title":"Carex plantaginea - Seersucker Sedge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Sizes available: \u003c\/strong\u003e2 quart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasics: \u003c\/b\u003ezones 4-8, 6-12\" x 12-24\", part to full shade, unique flower structure appears early over spring green, quilted leaves, prefers moist woodland soils, but quite drought tolerant once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003eSeersucker Sedge, Plantain-leaved Sedge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eCyperaceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: \u003c\/b\u003eNative range is New Brunswick, Canada south to Pennsylvania and west to parts of Illinois and Iowa. Also occurs in higher elevations in Georgia and Alabama. This plant is native to Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003eopen woodland, shady moist spots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eThis carex is host to skipper butterflies in the Hesperiidae family. It is also a host plant for the Appalachian Brown, Satyrodes Appalachia, which is at the northernmost part of its range in central Maine and is a species of special concern here.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAlthough Carex species are generally deer and rabbit resistant, I have noticed that this one gets munched in the winter. Since it is an evergreen sedge and the herbivory happens under snow cover, I am thinking voles. But no worry, it bounces back just fine. This sedge has a formal look and works very well in a tailored garden. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEven more: \u003c\/strong\u003eIf I could talk more gardeners into filling their spaces with Carex species, I would consider my life well lived. They are an excellent ground cover layer and there are species for every conceivable light and moisture condition. Some of them also make good lawn alternatives. They can be planted under trees, shrubs, and taller herbaceous layers, acting as living mulch, retaining moisture and suppressing weeds and looking good doing it. They offer top notch habitat for wildlife, providing shelter and food for birds, small mammals, and invertebrates, and acting as larval hosts for numerous species. Their fibrous root systems are good at holding banks, slopes, and edges. For the most part, they are deer and rabbit resistant. And last but not least, they provide structural backbone - variations in texture, color, and rhythm - to your ornamental beds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSource: \u003c\/b\u003eVan Berkum Nursery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImage credits: \u003c\/b\u003eFrank Meuschke of Shelterwood Gardens\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Honey Petal Plants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50642613993779,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/6115\/8195\/files\/FrankCarexPlantaginea.jpg?v=1745442433"},{"product_id":"cysopteris-bulbifera","title":"Cystopteris bulbifera - Bulblet Fragile Fern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizes available:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 quart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasics: \u003c\/b\u003ezones 4-8, 12-24\" x 12-24\", dappled to part to full shade, lime-y to neutral in humid and sheltered environments with \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003egood drainage\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003eBulblet Fragile Fern, Bulblet Bladder Fern, Berry Bladder Fern\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eWoodsiaceae (Go Botany)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: \u003c\/b\u003eNewfoundland to Manitoba and Wisconsin, south to Georgia and Arkansas, native to Maine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003eshaded rocky slopes, balds, ledges, ridges, crevices of cliffs, talus, mossy boulders, protected and humid environments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eGreat for a shady rock garden or woodland garden or that dream stumpery you've been cooking up. Lovely texture for a bouquet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy grow ferns besides your admiration for a plant that has been present on Earth for over 360 billion years? Ferns support wildlife by creating protective cover and shady, moist micro-habitats, in particular for small mammals and invertebrates. The fuzzy covering on emerging croziers is used by birds for nesting material. Ferns help prevent erosion and filter run-off. For the gardener they offer the gifts of graceful architecture and low-maintenance, textural beauty. 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Intolerant of poor drainage and winter wet. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon names: \u003c\/b\u003ePrairie Smoke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily: \u003c\/b\u003eRosaceae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\/Distribution: c\u003c\/b\u003eolder, drier areas of the upper midwest and mountain west of the U.S. and from British Columbia to Manitoba in Canada. There are also discontiguous populations found in New York State and Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/b\u003eopen and non-forested, also dry, open woodlands, mountain meadows, prairie, and open slopes. Often found on calcareous soils, but I have not found it to be fussy in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore: \u003c\/b\u003eSweat bees (the genus Lasioglossum, of which 52 species occur in Maine), feed on the pollen. 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I have it growing under mature oaks in morning sun and then high, light shade later in the day and it is keeping up with the variegated Solomon's Seal. This is an excellent ground cover in dappled shade and is also effective for holding banks and slopes. The flowers are pretty little daisies, but can be sparse, and \u003cem\u003eE. macrophylla\u003c\/em\u003e is usually grown in an ornamental garden for its large leaves. These leaves diminish and disappear after the stems flower in the fall. However, all of those rhizomes are holding the ground and ready to flush attractive new growth, leafing out quickly in the spring. It is one of the larval hosts for the Pearl Crescent, \u003cem\u003ePhyciodes tharos\u003c\/em\u003e, and Northern Crescent, \u003cem\u003ePhyciodes cocyta \u003c\/em\u003eand both of these butterflies are native to Maine. Has been used medicinally. Leaves and roots are edible. 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Either way, this plant has tiny soft grey-green leaves and a creeping habit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHabitat: \u003c\/strong\u003erocky, sunny, well drained spots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creeping thymes are very tough customers. They endure foot traffic well and can be used as a lawn substitute in the right conditions. Wooly thyme is very pretty as the hairs on the leaves reflect sunlight and give a silvery cast to their grey-green color. As long as there is very good drainage, it even does well in a partly shaded spot. I have it growing with Geum triflorum and some Sempervivums along the edge of a sunny garden and all the different textures combine pleasingly. 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