Search tag: Ground covers and perennials - 106 Results
African pig's ear
Cotyledon orbiculata
Also known as:
round-leafed navel-wort,
elk horn (cultivar)
agapanthus (large leaved cultivars)
Agapanthus praecox
Also known as:
Agapanthus orientalis
alligator weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
apple of sodom
Solanum linnaeanum
Also known as:
sea apple,
thorny apple
aristea
Aristea ecklonii
Also known as:
blue eyed iris
arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Also known as:
Hawaii arrowhead
artillery plant
Galeobdolon luteum
Also known as:
aluminium plant
arum lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Also known as:
green goddess cultivar
Asiatic knotweed, giant knotweed
Reynoutria japonica, R sachalinensis
Also known as:
Fallopia japonica,
Polygonum japonicum,
P. sachalinensis
bathurst bur
Xanthium spinosum
Also known as:
spiny cocklebur
bear's breeches
Acanthus mollis
Also known as:
bears foot
bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Also known as:
humped bladderwort
bladderwort species
Utricularia arenaria, U. livida, U. sandersonii
blue spur flower
Plectranthus ecklonii, P. grandis
Also known as:
large spur-flower bush,
mauve plectranthus
bogbean
Menyanthes trifoliata
Also known as:
buckbean
burdock
Arctium minus
Also known as:
lesser burdock
bushy asparagus
Asparagus aethiopicus
Also known as:
Asparagus densiflorus
Cape gooseberry
Physalis peruviana
Also known as:
ground-cherry
Cape honey flower
Melianthus major
Also known as:
false castor oil plant,
giant honey flower,
honey bush
Cape ivy
Senecio angulatus
Also known as:
climbing groundsel
castor oil plant
Ricinus communis
Also known as:
castor bean
Chilean rhubarb
Gunnera tinctoria
Also known as:
giant rhubarb
climbing dock
Rumex sagittatus
Also known as:
rambling dock,
Acetosa sagittata
elephants ear
Alocasia brisbanensis
Also known as:
aroid lily,
A. macrorrhiza
English ivy
Hedera helix ssp. helix
Also known as:
common ivy
field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Also known as:
bindweed,
convolvulus
Furcraea species
Furcraea foetida/ F. selloa
Also known as:
wild sisal,
Mauritius hemp
gazania
Gazania rigens & G. linearis
German ivy
Delairea odorata
Also known as:
Senecio mikanioides
giant arrowhead
Sagittaria montevidensis
Also known as:
arrowhead
giant hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Also known as:
wild rhubarb,
cartwheel flower,
wild parsnip,
cow parsnip
giant rhubarb
Gunnera manicata
Also known as:
Brazilian rhubarb,
Chilean rhubarb
goat’s rue
Galega officinalis
Also known as:
French lilac
great reedmace
Typha latifolia
Also known as:
broadleaf cattail,
common cattail,
giant reedmace
gypsywort
Lycopus europaeus
Also known as:
bugleweed
hawkweed
Hieracium species
Also known as:
Pilosella officinarum
hemlock
Conium maculatum
Also known as:
poison hemlock
Himalayan honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
Also known as:
Elishas tears
horsetail
Equisetum spp.
Also known as:
snake grass
houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Also known as:
chameleon plant,
ground ivy
iceplant
Carpobrotus edulis and hybrids
Also known as:
highway ice plant,
pigface,
Hottentot fig
inkweed
Phytolacca octandra
Also known as:
red inkplant,
pokeweed
Jerusalem cherry
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Also known as:
Madeira winter cherry
lizards tail
Saururus cernuus
Also known as:
swamp lily,
mouse's ear
male fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Also known as:
common male fern
Mexican daisy
Erigeron karvinskianus
Also known as:
daisy fleabane
montbretia
Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora
nodding thistle
Carduus nutans
Also known as:
nodding plumeless thistle,
musk thistle
onion weed
Allium triquetum
Also known as:
three-cornered garlic
palm grass
Setaria palmifolia
Also known as:
bristlegrass
perennial nettle
Urtica dioica
Also known as:
stinging nettle
pink ragwort
Senecio glastifolius
Also known as:
holly-leaved senecio
pink-head knotweed
Persicaria capitata
Also known as:
Polygonum capitatum
pitted crassula
Crassula multicava
Also known as:
fairy crassula
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Also known as:
bouquet-violet
ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris
Also known as:
Senecio jacobaea
saffron thistle
Carthamus lanatus
Also known as:
woolly distaff thistle,
distaff thistle,
woolly safflower
sagittaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Also known as:
delta arrowhead
Senegal tea
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
Also known as:
temple plant
shrub balsam
Impatiens sodenii
Also known as:
smilax
Asparagus asparagoides
Also known as:
bridal creeper
snow poppy
Eomecon chionantha
Also known as:
Chinese woodland poppy,
Chinese bloodroot,
dawn poppy
tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis
Also known as:
wandering Jew,
wandering willie
tuber ladder fern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Also known as:
Chinese ladder fern,
tuber sword fern,
Boston fern
tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum
Also known as:
sweet amber
variegated thistle
Silybum marianum
Also known as:
milk thistle
viper's bugloss
Echium vulgare
Also known as:
blue borage
water primrose
Ludwigia peploides ssp. montevidensis
Also known as:
primrose willow
wild ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum
Also known as:
kahili ginger
wild gladiolus
Gladiolus undulatus
Also known as:
waved-flowered gladiolus
yellow flag
Iris pseudacorus
Also known as:
yellow iris
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