LOW BORDERS - SLOPES

LOW-GROWING PLANT MATERIAL FOR BORDERS AND SLOPES

Ajuga                                                                Ajuga repans

Azalea, Gumpo white, pink                               Rhododendron species ‘Gumpo’

Barberry, Crimson Pygmy                                 Berberis thunbergi ‘Atropurpurea nana’

Blue Fescue                                                      Festuca ovina ‘Glauca’

Blue Star Juniper                                              Juniperus squamata ‘Blue Star

Boxwood, English                                             Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’

* Cotoneaster (various)                                   Cotoneaster species

Daphne, Rose                                                   Daphne cneorum

Dwarf Boxleaf Euonymus                                  Euonymus japonica (microphylla  

                                                                         varieties)

Dwarf Cryptomeria                                            Cryptomeriajaponica ‘Vilmoriniana’

Dwarf English Yew                                            Taxus baccata ‘Repandens’

Dwarf False Cypress                                         Chamaecyparis pisifera var.

* Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper                    Juniperus chinensis ‘Procumbens Nana

English Ivy                                                        Hedera helix

• Euonymus, Emerald Gaiety                            Euonymus japonica ‘Emerald Gaiety’

* Euonymus, Emerald ‘N Gold                           Euonymus japonica ‘Emerald ‘N Gold’

* Euonymus, Variegated Winter Creeper         Euonymus radicans
                                                                             (argenteus variegatus)

Globe Blue Spruce                                            Picea pungens ‘Globosa’

Heather, Various                                              Calluna vulgaris

Heft Dwarf Arborvitae                                       Thuja occidentalis ‘Heft Midget’

Holly, Helleri                                                      Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’

Japanese Variegated Sedge Grass                   Carex morrowii

Juniper, Andorra                                               Juniperus horizontalis ‘Plumosa’

Juniper, Gold Coast                                           Juniperus chinensis ‘Gold Coasf

*Juniper Blue Forest                                         Juniperus sabina ‘Blue Forest’

*Juniper, Blue Pacific                                         Juniperus conferta ‘Blue Pacific’

*Juniper (Blue Rug)                                           Juniperus hirizontalis Wiltoni’

Liriope (assorted)                                             Liriope muscari

* Meidiland Hybrid Flowering Shrubs                Rosa hybrids

Miniature or Miniflower Rose                             Rosa hybrids

Flower Carpet Rose                                          Rosa x noatraum

Pachysandra                                                     Pachysandra terminalis

Pine, Dwarf Mugho                                            Pinus mugo ‘Pumilo’

Rhododendron, Purple Gem Dwarf                    Rhododendron species ‘Purple Gem’

Silver Mount (perennial)                                    Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Nana’

* Snowmound Spirea                                        Spirea x bumalda

Spruce, Bird’s Nest                                            Picea nidiformis

Hosta (perennial)                                              Hosta sp.

Vinca (Periwinkle)                                              Vinca minor

* Groundcover or spreading type plants for slopes

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