One
of the most popular shade loving ground covers around is the
Houttuynia Chameleon Plant. This shade ground cover has small
white blooms that appear from July to August, but is more
widely known for its beautiful foliage. The leaves of this
shade ground cover are boldly variegated with colors of red,
white, pink, yellow and green. The Chameleon Plant requires
light shade and consistently moist soil in order to thrive.
Another
popular shade loving ground cover is the Periwinkle. This
shade ground cover features evergreen leaves and tubular lavender
blue flowers that appear in the spring and will continue to
bloom until fall. This shade ground cover is easy to grow
in average, dry to medium wet soil that is well drained. While
the Periwinkle will easily tolerate full shade, it will prefer
part shade to grow best.
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good shade loving ground cover is the Virginia creeper. The
Virginia creeper is actually a vine, but works excellently
as a maintenance free shade ground cover. It will spread rapidly
and cover large areas, and will even cover walls and fences.
This shade ground cover is highly intrusive, and must be manages
with great care to ensure that no damage is done to the garden.
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