Trailing stems with saucer-like flowers. Purple ice plant Herbaceous, evergreen Purple June-frost Succulent foliage turns reddish in winter. Polygonum aubertii Silver lace vine Woody White July-Sept. Aggressive vine usable as ground cover. Polygonum cuspidatum 'Compactum' Japanese fleece flower Woody Pink Aug.-Sept.
Selected ground covers for sun to part shade.
Alyssum montanum Mountain alyssum Herbaceous Yellow April-May Gray foliage. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Plumbago Herbaceous Dark blue Aug.-Sept. Attractive green foliage turns red in fall. Heuchera sanguinea Coral bells Herbaceous Red, pink, white June-Aug. Mounded foliage with taller bell-shaped flowers.