Perennials Open May 1, 2025

Ground Covers

Important Notes for Ground Cover Shoppers:

You can work with us any time of year for all of your ground cover needs. For a large area, you might think one of the bigger nurseries will have just what you need. You'd be surprised that while they have to "order" the plants from who knows where, we may have already grown the number you need right here at our farm! Our plants will be bigger, healthier, and will survive the New England winter with ease! We can also often custom grow the plants that you need the same year, usually in about 6 to 8 weeks. And we can work with you on price if your order is very large.

Ajuga
Black Scallop
Chocolate Chip
Parrot Paradise

Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
Mollis "Auslese"

Astilbe chinensis
Pumila-Lilac to rose (great shade groundcover) Blooms late summer.

Carex
Blue Zinger
Everest
Everoro
Ice Dance
Oehme
Pensylvanica

Ceratostigma (Leadwort)
plumbago

Fern
Ostrich Fern - Matteuccia struthiopteris 2-3'
large plume-like fronds, clear green, very showy.
Japanese Painted Fern - Athyrium niponicum 12" - 18"

Geranium (Crane's Bill)
Azure Rush - compact form of Rozeanne
Biokovo - white (scented foliage)
Karmina - pink (scented foliage)
New Hampshire Purple - deep pink
Rozanne - lilac

Hakonechloa Macra (Japanese Forest Grass) Huge plants!
All Gold
Aureola

Hosta - plant 1 ft. apart, will spread to fill densely
Allan P. McConnell
Appletini
Cherry Tart
Curly Fries
Golden Tiara
Grand Tiara
Lakeside Baby Face
Pearl Lake
Spartan Arrow
Stilletto
Teaspoon
Tick Tock

Lamiastrum (Yellow Archangel)
galeobdolan variegatum- 6-12" silvery leaves, yellow
hooded flowers, blooms in early summer

Liriope (Monkey Grass)None for 2025
Big Blue - indestructible - wet, dry, salt, sun, shade.

Nepeta (Catmint) 18" tall
Blue Wonder
Junior Walker
Walker's Low

Pachysandra - Usually Custom Grown - allow 8 weeks
Green Sheen - Available May 2025
Variegata and Several other varieties - grown to order

Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Part shade/shade, spread slowly, blooms late spring
Rasberry Splash - purple/pink flowers
Shrimps on the Barbie - pink flowers
Trevi Fountain - blue flowers

Sedum - Low Growing (Creeping) Varieties all about 4" tall
Angelina
Bertram Anderson
Cauticola Lidakense dasyphyllum Himalayan Skies
Fuldaglut
John Creech
Kamtschaticum -"green sedum" sun, shade, wet, dry, salt
Kamtschaticum Cutting Edge
Sedoro Blue Elf
sexangulare Gold Digger

Sempervivum
Cobweb Buttons Hardy Mixed (these contain many distinctly different varieties & colors)

Thyme -1-3". All custom grown. Min. 50 Plants. Allow 6 wks.
Albiflorus
Doone Valley
Elfin
Magic Carpet
Pink Chintz
Many Others available

Veronica
peduncularis - Georgia Blue- 2-3", small blue flowers, spring
prostata - Aztec Gold

Vinca Minor - the best value in our nursery - huge plants!
Vinca Bowles (periwinkle)