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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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Bouteloua gracilis 'Pestaņas de Angeles' Angel Eyelash Blue Grama - 6" tall tuft grass w/gray-green lvs & small purple flwrs. Full sun. Well drained soil. Occasional H2O. Hardy. Native to CA 2016 Greenlee introduction. 
Buchloe dactyloides 'Buffalo Bill' Bull Buffalo Grass - Low growing grass spreading by stolons w/gray-green thin lvs & tan male flwrs late winter-spring. Full sun. Drought tolerant. Very cold hardy. 
Calamagrostis foliosa Mendocino Reed Grass - Cool-season grass to 1-2' tall & wide w/golden wheat flowers spring-summer. Full sun/Light shade. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 10 degrees F. 
Calamagrostis 'Little Nootka' Little Nootka Reed Grass - Cool-season grass to 1-2' tall & wide w/green lvs & wheat flowers spring-summer. Full sun/Light shade. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 10 degrees F. 
Callisia navicularis Mexican Chain Plant - Mat forming evergreen groundcover w/1" long hard green & maroon lvs w/ violet flwrs in summer. Full sun/shade. Occasional H2O. Hardy to 20F. 
Callisia repens Creeping Inchplant - Mat forming evergreen groundcover w/1" long soft green & maroon lvs w/ white flwrs in spring. Full sun/shade. Occasional/regular H2O. Hardy to 20F. 
Callistemon Red Rover ['CALKWR'] PP33,724 Red Rover Bottlebrush - Compact evergreen shrub 18-24" tall by up to 5' wide w/dark red new lvs yr-round. No flowers. Full/part sun. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 25F. PP33,724 
Calylophus berlandieri Sundrops - Evergreen perennial to1' tall by 3' wide with narrow green lvs & yellow flwers spring-summer. Full to half sun. Occasional to little H2O. Hardy to 0F. 
Campanula 'Birch Hybrid' Birch's Bellflower - Vigorous 6" tall perennial w/ trailing stems of ivy shaped lvs and large deep violet blossoms throughout summer. Great container plant. Hardy to 5 F. 
Campanula portenschlagiana Dalmatian Bellflower - Evergreen groundcover to 2" tall x 2'+ wide w/blue flowers in summer. Full (coastal() to part sun. Moderate water needs. Hardy to 5 degrees F. 
Campanula poscharskyana Serbian Bellflower - Evergreen groundcover to 8" tall spreading to 36" wide. Blue flower in summer. Part sun. Moderate water needs. Hardy to <0 degrees F. 
Campanula poscharskyana 'Alba' White Serbian Bellflower - Evergreen groundcover to 8" x 36" wide. White flower in summer.Part sun. Moderate water needs. Hardy to <0 degrees F. 
Carex divulsa [C. tumulicola, Hort.] European Grey Sedge - Evergreen grass-like plant to 2' wide x18" tall '. Brown flower in spring. Sun/Shade. Regular to occasional watering. Hardy <0 degrees F. 
Carex 'Ice Dance' Ice Dance Sedge - Slowly spreading sedge to 12-15" tall with white margined green leaves. Full sun (coastal) to shade. Water regularly. Hardy <0 F. 
Carex sylvatica Forest Sedge - Evergreen clump forming grass-like plant with dark green leaves in dense tufts 12"-18" tall. Plant in shade and water regularly. Hardy to 0-10 F. 
Carex texensis Catlin Sedge - Evergreen clump forming sedge to 4-6" tall. Part sun. Moderate water needs. Green to brown flowers in summer. Cold hardy to <15 degrees F. 
Carex 'The Beatles' The Beatles Sedge - Evergreen grass-like plant to 3-6" tall x1-2' tall Gold-brown flwers spring-summer. Cool sun/shade.Regular to occasional watering. Hardy to 0 F. 
Ceanothus 'Centennial' Centennial Ceanothus - Evergreen low groundcover <1' tall and to 4-8' wide w/dark blue flwrs in spring. Full sun/ light shade. Low water needs. Hardy to 15 degrees F. 
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Anchor Bay' Pt. Reyes Ceanothus - Evergreen groundcover 2-3' tall by 4-6' wide w/bright blue flwrs in spring. Full sun. Low water needs. Hardy to 15 F. 
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Heart's Desire' Pt. Reyes Ceanothus - Low shrub <1' tall by 3-5 feet wide w/bronze tinged lvs & blue flwrs. Great groundcover in coastal gardens. Drought tolerant. Thardy to 15 F. 
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