6 Fast-Growing Ground Cover Plants To Quickly Transform Your Garden

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Creeping thyme is a low-growing, fragrant herb that produces tiny purple flowers. It thrives in well-drained soil and full sun, making it ideal.

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Creeping Jenny, also known as moneywort, features bright yellow-green leaves that create a striking ground cover.

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Sedum, or stonecrop, is a succulent that spreads quickly and is drought-tolerant. It comes in various colors and textures.

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Ajuga, also known as bugleweed, forms dense mats of glossy leaves and spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers.

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Sweet woodruff is a shade-loving ground cover with fragrant white flowers and whorled green leaves.

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Mazus is a low-growing perennial with small, blue or white flowers that bloom in spring and summer.

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Liriope, also known as monkey grass, is a hardy ground cover with grass-like leaves and spikes of purple flowers.

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Vinca minor, or periwinkle, is a fast-spreading ground cover with glossy green leaves and blue or purple flowers.

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6 Fast-Growing Ground Cover Plants To Quickly Transform Your Garden

Creeping thyme is a low-growing, fragrant herb that produces tiny purple flowers. It thrives in well-drained soil and full sun, making it ideal.

Creeping Thyme

Creeping Jenny, also known as moneywort, features bright yellow-green leaves that create a striking ground cover.

Creeping Jenny

Sedum, or stonecrop, is a succulent that spreads quickly and is drought-tolerant. It comes in various colors and textures.

Sedum

Ajuga, also known as bugleweed, forms dense mats of glossy leaves and spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers.

Ajuga

Sweet woodruff is a shade-loving ground cover with fragrant white flowers and whorled green leaves.

Sweet Woodruff

Mazus is a low-growing perennial with small, blue or white flowers that bloom in spring and summer.

Mazus

Liriope, also known as monkey grass, is a hardy ground cover with grass-like leaves and spikes of purple flowers.

Liriope

Vinca minor, or periwinkle, is a fast-spreading ground cover with glossy green leaves and blue or purple flowers.

Vinca Minor

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