ground cover
noun
1
: the small plants on a forest floor except young trees
2
a
: a planting of low plants (such as ivy) that covers the ground in place of turf
b
: a plant adapted for use as ground cover
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May is the last month to feed shrubs, vines and ground covers before fall in many areas.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Moss Pink Also known as creeping phlox (Phlox subulata), this ground cover forms lush mats of flowers and foliage and looks pretty spilling over a low wall or rock ledge.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Plant or prune ground covers to clear dead portions and stimulate new growth — including ice plant, ivy, potentilla and wild strawberry.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Heuchera, a ground cover, is notorious for being short-lived, an inevitable consequence of overirrigation.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Moss Pink Also known as creeping phlox (Phlox subulata), this ground cover forms lush mats of flowers and foliage and looks pretty spilling over a low wall or rock ledge.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Plant or prune ground covers to clear dead portions and stimulate new growth — including ice plant, ivy, potentilla and wild strawberry.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Heuchera, a ground cover, is notorious for being short-lived, an inevitable consequence of overirrigation.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Ground cover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20cover. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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