All Plants > Groundcovers (43)
Look past the traditional grass lawn (although we've got some great native grasses too) if you're looking for native groundcovers - we've got a great list of options for you!
|
Common Name Scientific Name |
Sun Reqs. | Height | Humboldt Native | |
|
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium |
|
1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
|
Sunset manzanita
Arctostaphylos 'sunset' |
|
2 - 6 ft | ✓ |
|
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
|
1.6 ft | ✓ |
|
California pipevine
Aristolochia californica |
|
1 - 20 ft | ✓ |
|
Sea thrift
Armeria maritima |
|
1 ft | ✓ |
|
Douglas' sagewort
Artemisia douglasiana |
|
8 ft | ✓ |
|
Dune sagewort
Artemisia pycnocephala |
|
1.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Wild ginger
Asarum caudatum |
|
1 ft | ✓ |
|
Coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis |
|
1.5 - 10 ft | ✓ |
|
|
Dwarf coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis 'pigeon point' |
|
1 - 2 ft | |
|
Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata |
|
1 - 1.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii |
|
0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
|
Bleeding heart
Dicentra formosa |
|
0.7 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus |
|
0.16 - 1 ft | ✓ |
|
Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium |
|
1.7 - 2.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Seaside woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
|
2 - 5 ft | ✓ |
|
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica |
|
0.16 - 2 ft | ✓ |
|
California fescue
Festuca californica |
|
1.3 - 4 ft | ✓ |
|
Idahoe fescue
Festuca idahoensis |
|
1 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Red fescue
Festuca rubra |
|
1.3 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis |
|
0.49 - 1 ft | ✓ |
|
Woodland strawberry
Fragaria vesca |
|
0.1 - 1 ft | ✓ |
|
Coffeeberry
Frangula californica |
|
6 - 15 ft | |
|
Large leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum |
|
0.7 - 2 ft | ✓ |
|
Gumweed
Grindelia stricta v. platyphylla |
|
1 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha |
|
1 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana |
|
0.6 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Toughleaf iris
Iris tenax |
|
0.8 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
|
Cliff maids
Lewisia cotyledon |
|
0.5 - 1 ft | ✓ |
|
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens |
|
4 - 5 ft | |
|
Sorrel
Oxalis oregana |
|
0.16 - 1.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Beach knotweed
Polygonum paronychia |
|
0.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Nested polypody fern
Polypodium calirhiza |
|
1 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
|
Sword fern
Polystichum munitum |
|
1.6 - 5.9 ft | ✓ |
|
Golden currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum |
|
3 - 6 ft | |
|
White sage
Salvia apiana |
|
3 - 5 ft | |
|
Black sage
Salvia mellifera |
|
3 - 6 ft | ✓ |
|
Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium |
|
0.1 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
|
Checker bloom
Sidalcea malviflora |
|
0.3 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
|
Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum |
|
1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
|
Coast goldenrod
Solidago spathulata |
|
0.3 - 1.6 ft | ✓ |
|
Purple needle grass
Stipa pulchra |
|
3.3 ft | ✓ |
|
Northern vancouveria
Vancouveria hexandra |
|
0.7 - 1.3 ft | ✓ |