garden ground cover plants
If you’re looking to transform bare soil into a living carpet, garden ground cover plants offer an easy and attractive solution for every New Zealand landscape. These low-growing plants spread to form dense mats, suppress weeds, conserve moisture, and create a unified, lush look beneath shrubs, trees, or along pathways. With a wide variety of textures, colours, and flowering options available, it’s simple to find garden ground cover plants that thrive in both sun and shade, coastal sites, and challenging soils. Discover how the right ground cover can add beauty, curb appeal, and low-maintenance benefits to your garden.
Ajuga 'Jungle Beauty'
Ajuga 'Jungle Beauty' (Carpet Bugle) is a vigorous evergreen groundcover valued for its large glossy green leaves flushed with bronze and its striking blue flower spikes in spring. This hardy plant performs exceptionally well in New Zealand gardens and is ideal for fast ground coverage, borders, and underplanting. Its dense spreading habit suppresses weeds effectively while adding lush texture and seasonal colour to landscaped spaces.
From $18.23
Ajuga reptans variegata
Ajuga reptans 'Variegata' is a quick-growing, ground-covering plant that features colourful leaves that are variegated green and cream. In spring, it produces showy clusters of blue flowers as it grows to 20 cm in height and 50 cm in width. Ajuga reptans' Variegata' is an excellent variety for quickly covering large areas and is often used in borders, allowed to spill out over a path, planted around outdoor living areas, or maintained in a container.
From $17.48
