What are the species of ground cover plants?

Generally speaking, there are many types of ground cover plants, and some friends may not have a special understanding of this. Today, we will briefly introduce the types of ground cover plants. Let's take a look together.

What is ground cover?

Ground cover plants are those that can simply be managed to cover the ground instead of lawn. It includes not only perennial low herbs, but also some low, creeping shrubs and vines with strong adaptability.

What are the ground cover plants?

1. One-and two-year grass flowers and ground cover plants

Annual and biennial flowers are the richest in the flower population, most of which are relatively low, dense and natural, flowery species, such as jasmine, sunflower, daisy, calendula, fragrant snowball, etc. Most of the first and second year grass flowers are extensive in style and convenient to manage. They are the most indispensable parts of the ground cover plants. They grow particularly well in sunny places. As ground cover plants, they highlight their advantages and vitality.

2. Perennial flower ground cover plants

Perennial flower ground cover plants rich in beautiful colors, a wide variety, a wide range of provenances, and its reproductive power, extensive conservation and management, such as iris, hairpin, daylily, iris, etc. Perennial flowering ground cover plants, especially shade-tolerant flowering ground cover plants, are widely used in flower beds and roadside in modern times. Some perennial ground cover plants with high ornamental value, stable growth and strong stress resistance are widely used in greening design; while festival flowering species are often used during festivals, such as Linglan, mountain poppy, etc., onion orchid, chrysanthemum, dwarf canna, etc.

3. Perennial root and leaf ground cover plants

Most of the perennial root foliage ground cover plants are relatively low, dense leaf clusters close to the ground, and most of them are relatively tolerant of shade, such as Ophiophora japonica, Acorus tatarinowii, Evergreen and so on. Perennial root plants are widely used in modern landscaping, with good ecological effect and strong ornamental. Such as beautiful leaves, strong shade-tolerant plants such as tiger grass, fern, high economic value of broad-leaved foliage plants such as mint, Huo Xiang also more and more attention.

4. Aquatic wetland tolerant plants

Aquatic wetland tolerant plants are used more often where there is water. In modern garden construction, generally like pools, streams and water border areas, often need to choose suitable, moisture resistant aquatic wetland plants, used to beautify the environment and decorate the landscape, but also to prevent and control weeds harm to the water, such as Sagittarius, Acorus calamus, Alisma orientalis and other plants.

5. vine ground cover

Liana plants can generally climb or grow horizontally to cover the ground, with long branches and vines, covering an area several times larger than that of ordinary dwarf shrubs, with advantages that other ground cover plants do not have. The existing vine ground cover plants can be divided into two categories: woody and herbaceous. The herbaceous vine branches are slender, soft, delicate and beautiful, such as strawberries, small leaves, etc.; the woody vine branches are strong, most of which have creeping nature and can form thick ground cover layers, such as ivy, five-leaf Parthenocissus, Vitis amurensis, honeysuckle, etc.