Spreading Plants

Outstanding grass for use as ground cover. Deer resistant.

Great native shrub with large white flower spikes that extend above the foliage.

Great for training on a fence, arbor or walls, but also good as ground cover in shady woodland gardens.

Great choice for shady areas.  Clumping plant can add interesting texture to a planting

This new Encore Azalea has trumpet-shaped pink flowers with a lavender throat.

Crimson foliage along with a low mounding growth habit make this plant useful in any landscape.  Plant in sun for best color.

Ivory colored berries in the fall distinguish this form of American Beauty Berry. Berries persist well into winter. 

Variegated foliage along with flowers and fruit make this an unusual and interesting plant for the landscape. 

Place in a high profile location so the beautiful flower display can be enjoyed. 

Low growing evergreen that can tolerate dry and shade conditions.

Yellow foliage spreading plum yew that forms a nice upright vase shape.

McCorkle is a vase shaped, dense habit Plum Yew. Moderate growth rate.

Intersting texture makes this low-growing plant stand out in any planting.  

This yellow leafed cultivar of the native redbud has moderate growth rate and is great as a specimen tree.

Lemon Twist is a bright yellow mounding false cypress with twisting habit.

An improved gold-colored Falsecypress that retains its color and is more sun tolerant during the heat of the summer.

A clumping perennial that offers a nice foliage texture as well as bright yellow flowers.

This dogwood has a red flower with a white center in the spring adding interest in the woodland planting.  It is a strong grower with good resistance to powdery mildew.

The most popular of the red dogwoods.  Good red flower color along with red foliage in the fall make this a good choice to add color in a woodland planting.

The best of the white dogwood cultivars.  An abundance of large white flowers distinguish this improved cultivar from seedling grown dogwoods.

The pink dogwood with its soft color stands out in the landscape and is always a favorite choice.

Small flowers against white bracts in late spring made this tree stand out in the landscape. Large red fruit adds interest in the fall.

An improved form of kousa that grows faster and is fuller at maturity.  Beautiful white flowers in late spring followed with large red fruit in fall.

Often used in mass plantings, this plant's fall color and red stems brighten the winter landscape.

Shrub dogwood with yellow branches that stand out in the winter.

Shrub dogwood with yellow branches that stand out in the winter.

Grey green foliage with small densely packed leaves.

A really showy woody shrub that makes a great, dense ground cover.

Evergreen fern with wide, glossy dark green fronds.

A great evergreen foundation shrub that produces red, witch-hazel like flowers.

A low growing Distylium that looks great in mass.

A low-growing euonymus frequently used as a ground cover to add color to a landscape bed.

An excellent choice for a border or mass planting, the bright show of yellows flowers in mass are breathtaking.    

This herbaceous perennial blooms all season long and and is best planted in mass.

Wonderful yellow leaves with a wide green margin.

'Patriot' is one of the tougher Hostas with its ability to handle the heat.

Compact and low growing, this Japanese holly is ideal for low foundation plantings.

As is named, the texture is very soft and very dense. Black berries persist into winter.

Low, mounded shrub ideal for borders and low hedges. Responds well to pruning.

Apollo is a male cultivar that can be used for the pollination of Winter Red Hollies.

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

If trained on a trellis or support it will reach a height of 15'.

This shrub creates contrast with color and texture, especially when mixed with green plants.

This shrub is ideal for erosion control on slopes or massed in the shrub border.