Ground covers Sun
Create a low-maintenance, green garden with our ground covers for sunny locations. These hardy garden plants thrive in sunny spots and provide dense, colorful coverage that suppresses weeds. Choose from flowering varieties such as creeping thyme, or evergreen ground covers that keep your garden vibrant all year round. Perfect for borders, slopes, and open spaces where the sun shines brightly!
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Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' - Marjoram Plant - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ is an elegant and aromatic perennial with dark purple-tinged stems and leaves and striking, soft pink to purplis...
View full detailsOriganum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' - Marjoram Plant - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ is an elegant and aromatic perennial with dark purple-tinged stems and leaves and striking, soft pink to purplis...
View full detailsOriganum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' - Marjoram Plant - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’ is an elegant and aromatic perennial with dark purple-tinged stems and leaves and striking, soft pink to purplis...
View full detailsStrawberry plant - Fragaria Maxim - Red Strawberry - Ø9cm - 3x
"Fragaria Maxim is a beautiful fruit plant that fits perfectly in a border, but also thrives excellently in a pot on the balcony or terrace. This p...
View full detailsFestuca glauca Azura Blue - Blue Fescue - ↕30cm - Ø14cm
The ‘Festuca Glauca Azura Blue’, also known as blue fescue, is a striking sight. This bright silver-blue grass adds a special splash of color to yo...
View full detailsCalamintha nepeta - Mountain stone thyme - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Calamintha nepeta nepeta is a charming, aromatic perennial that gives the garden a Mediterranean atmosphere. The fine-leaved, grey-green foliage fo...
View full detailsCalamintha nepeta - Mountain stone thyme - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Calamintha nepeta nepeta is a charming, aromatic perennial that gives the garden a Mediterranean atmosphere. The fine-leaved, grey-green foliage fo...
View full detailsCalamintha nepeta - Mountain rock thyme - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Calamintha nepeta nepeta is a charming, aromatic perennial that gives the garden a Mediterranean atmosphere. The fine-leaved, grey-green foliage fo...
View full detailsCalamintha nepeta - Mountain stone thyme - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Calamintha nepeta nepeta is a charming, aromatic perennial that gives the garden a Mediterranean atmosphere. The fine-leaved, grey-green foliage fo...
View full detailsNepeta faassenii - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Nepeta × faassenii, also known as catnip, is a strong and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and countless lavender-blu...
View full detailsNepeta faassenii - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Nepeta × faassenii, also known as catnip, is a strong and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and countless lavender-blu...
View full detailsNepeta faassenii - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Nepeta × faassenii, also known as catnip, is a strong and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and countless lavender-blu...
View full detailsNepeta faassenii - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm- 12x
Nepeta × faassenii, also known as catnip, is a strong and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and countless lavender-blu...
View full detailsNepeta faassenii - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Nepeta × faassenii, also known as catnip, is a strong and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and countless lavender-blu...
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with deep green foliage and striking, intensely crimson red flowers....
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with deep green foliage and striking, intensely crimson red flowers....
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with deep green foliage and striking, intensely crimson red flowers....
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with deep green foliage and striking, intensely crimson red flowers....
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with deep green foliage and striking, intensely crimson red flowers....
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium sanguineum, also known as blood cranesbill, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with deep green foliage and striking bright pin...
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium sanguineum, also known as blood cranesbill, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with deep green foliage and striking bright pin...
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium sanguineum, also known as blood cranesbill, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with deep green foliage and striking bright pin...
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium sanguineum, also known as blood cranesbill, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with deep green foliage and striking bright pin...
View full detailsGeranium sanguineum - Blood cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium sanguineum, also known as blood cranesbill, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with deep green foliage and striking bright pin...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous pure white flowers. This pere...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous pure white flowers. This pere...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous pure white flowers. This pere...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous pure white flowers. This pere...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'White Ness' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘White Ness’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous pure white flowers. This pere...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous bright pink flowers. Thi...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous bright pink flowers. Thi...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous bright pink flowers. Thi...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous bright pink flowers. Thi...
View full detailsGeranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan's Variety’ is a strong, low-growing cranesbill with aromatic, dark green foliage and numerous bright pink flowers. Thi...
View full detailsGeranium cinereum 'Ballerina' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with grey-green, finely incised leaves and striking soft pink flowers...
View full detailsGeranium cinereum 'Ballerina' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with grey-green, finely incised leaves and striking soft pink flowers...
View full detailsGeranium cinereum 'Ballerina' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with grey-green, finely incised leaves and striking soft pink flowers...
View full detailsGeranium cinereum 'Ballerina' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with grey-green, finely incised leaves and striking soft pink flowers...
View full detailsGeranium cinereum 'Ballerina' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with grey-green, finely incised leaves and striking soft pink flowers...
View full detailsGeranium 'Azure Rush' - Crane's-bill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with striking bright blue flowers and finely branched, fresh green foliage. T...
View full detailsGeranium 'Azure Rush' - Crane's-bill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with striking bright blue flowers and finely branched, fresh green foliage. T...
View full detailsCampanula poscharskyana - Creeping bellflower - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
The Campanula poscharskyana, also known as the Creeping Bellflower, is an elegant and profusely flowering perennial that forms a carpet of star-sha...
View full detailsGeranium 'Azure Rush' - Crane's-bill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with striking bright blue flowers and finely branched, fresh green foliage. T...
View full detailsCampanula poscharskyana - Creeping bellflower - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 48x
The Campanula poscharskyana, also known as the Creeping Bellflower, is an elegant and profusely flowering perennial that forms a carpet of star-sha...
View full detailsGeranium 'Azure Rush' - Crane's-bill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 12x
Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with striking bright blue flowers and finely branched, fresh green foliage. T...
View full detailsNepeta 'Grol' - Catnip - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 60x
Nepeta ‘Grol’, also known as catnip, is a compact and profusely flowering perennial with aromatic grey-green foliage and bright blue-purple flowers...
View full detailsCampanula poscharskyana - Creeping bellflower - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 24x
The Campanula poscharskyana, also known as the Creeping Bellflower, is an elegant and profusely flowering perennial that forms a carpet of star-sha...
View full detailsGeranium 'Azure Rush' - Cranesbill - ↕10-25cm - Ø9cm - 6x
Geranium ‘Azure Rush’ is a compact and profusely flowering cranesbill with striking bright blue flowers and finely branched, fresh green foliage. T...
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Ground covers
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Flowering Ground Covers
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Ground cover Shade
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Low-growing ground covers
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Ground Covers With Flowers
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Ground covers Evergreen
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Ground covers Winter hardy
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Evergreen Ground Cover
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Extremely strong ground covers
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Fast-growing ground cover
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Anemone
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Aster (Autumn Aster)
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Wild strawberry (Fragaria Vesca)
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Woodland Sage (Salvia Nemorosa)
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Fireweed (Phlomis Russeliana)
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Campanula
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Cotoneaster
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Hyssop (Agastache)
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Knotweed (Persicaria)
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Goose-gander (Potentilla Tridentata)
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Geranium (Crane's-bill)
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Hedera Hibernica
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Heaven's Key (Sedum 'Herbstfreude')
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St. John's Wort (Hypericum)
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Heuchera (Coral Bells)
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Verbena (Verbena Bonariensis)
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Isotoma Fluviatilis (Blue Ground Creeper)
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Japanese Cardinal's Crested (Euonymus Fortunei)
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
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Catnip (Nepeta)
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Copper Button (Leptinella Squalida)
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Dogwood (Cornus)
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Creeping Bugle (Ajuga Reptans)
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Lavender Plants
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Lilygrass (Liriope Muscari)
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Leadwort (Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides)
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Luzula Nivea (Snow-white Woodrush)
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Pachysandra (Pachysandra)
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Rudbeckia Fulgida (Coneflower)
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Sagina Subulata (Priemvetmuur)
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Cobbler Plant (Bergenia Cordifolia)
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Snowberry (Symphoricarpos Chenaultii 'Hancock')
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Spiny Nut - Acaena Microphylla
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Vinca Major (Periwinkle)
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Vinca Minor (Periwinkle)
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Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla Mollis)
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Waldsteinia Ternata (Golden Strawberry)
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Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea)
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Creeping thyme (Thymus Serpyllum)
What is a ground cover for full sun?
A ground cover for full sun is a plant species that thrives excellently in sunny conditions without drying out or burning quickly. These plants are ideal for covering large areas in the garden, suppressing weed growth, and simultaneously creating an aesthetically pleasing and low-maintenance garden. Sun-loving ground covers often have thick or hairy leaves that help retain moisture and limit evaporation. Additionally, some species can tolerate drought well and require little to no extra watering. Think of species such as Lavandula, Sedum, and Geranium, which are not only functional but also produce beautiful flowers during the summer months.
Which ground cover can thrive in full sun?
There are various types of ground covers that are perfectly resistant to bright sun and warm temperatures. Some popular options are Geranium Rozanne, a long-blooming ground cover that spreads quickly and produces a sea of purple flowers. Sedum 'Herbstfreude' is a succulent-like ground cover that requires little water and turns a beautiful pink to copper hue, especially in the autumn. Other strong options are Lavandula 'Munstead', which not only emits a delightful fragrance but also attracts bees and butterflies, and Nepeta 'Walker's Low', a hardy ground cover that smells wonderful and tolerates drought well. Ground cover sun benefits Using ground covers in sunny areas offers several benefits. First, they help suppress weeds because they cover the soil, leaving little room for unwanted plants to grow. In addition, they protect the soil from drying out by retaining moisture and regulating soil temperature. This is especially important in the summer, when high temperatures can dry out the soil and cause cracking. Furthermore, ground covers contribute to biodiversity in the garden. Flowering species such as Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Verbena bonariensis attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects, which is beneficial for the pollination of other plants. Many ground covers also have decorative value, making your garden look well-maintained all year round without requiring much upkeep.
Low ground cover full sun
Low ground covers for full sun are perfect for filling small spaces or as graceful edging along paths and borders. A good option is Thymus serpyllum (creeping thyme), a fragrant and hardy ground cover that is covered with small purple flowers in the summer. Ajuga reptans, also known as Bugle, forms a dense mat of colorful leaves and blooms with blue or purple flowers. Vinca minor (periwinkle) is an evergreen ground cover that grows in both sun and partial shade and produces beautiful blue or white flowers. For ornamental grass enthusiasts, Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' is an excellent choice, with its compact growth and striking blue leaves.Hardy ground covers for sun
Do you want ground covers that can withstand extreme drought and intense sun? Then hardy ground covers such as Phlomis russeliana are an ideal choice. This plant has grey-green, hairy leaves that retain moisture and beautiful yellow flowers in the summer. Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' is another sun-hardy ground cover with tall purple flower spikes that attract butterflies. Hylotelephium spectabile (formerly known as Sedum spectabile) is a low-maintenance succulent with thick leaves that store water, making this plant ideal for dry and sunny spots. For a low-growing option, you can choose Leptinella squalida, a strong and hardy ground cover with fine foliage.
Ground Cover Species
There are many types of ground covers suitable for various garden situations, such as sun, shade, evergreen, or fast-growing. Below you will find an overview of popular categories:
Buying Ground Covers for Sun
Choosing the right ground cover for your garden depends on the specific conditions and your preferences regarding color, flowering, and maintenance. When buying ground covers for full sun, it is important to pay attention to the soil type and the moisture content of the soil. Many sun-loving ground covers prefer well-draining soil, such as sandy soil or gravel, to prevent root rot. Plants such as Lavandula, Echinacea, and Sedum are readily available at garden centers and online plant shops. When purchasing, pay attention to the height and spread of the plant to create a harmonious planting in your garden. With the right choice of strong and flowering ground covers, you will enjoy a beautiful, low-maintenance garden that is sun-resistant and brings color and life every season.
