Mat Forming Perennials

A rush type perennial good gold foliage.

Mat forming perennials. Hardy perennial forming a clump of sturdy pointed leaves over which are carried clusters of small deep pink flowers mid summer to autumn. Easy to grow tough and hardy a well grown specimen can be covered in hundreds of flowers. The most common evergreen variety has periwinkle blue flowers that appear in early spring. Luzula luzula sylvatica aurea is the one to find.

Aubrieta deltoidea rock cress vigorous and eye catching aubrieta deltoidea rock cress is a mat forming semi evergreen perennial plant which produces delightful vivid purple red flowers in mid late spring to early summer. Undulata thrives in full damp shade and growing to around 15cm. Matchweed is a mat forming perennial with opposing leaves on hairy branching stems. This is a shade tolerant plant that will burn in full sun.

In early spring small yellow buttercup type flowers emerge that last until late. The blossoms are so abundant that they almost completely cover the gray green foliage below creating a striking scenery. The blue flowers in early summer being the saving grace. It has a dense matof weed suppressing purple green foliage that is quite similar to strawberry leaves.

A clump forming hardy perennial hosta undulata var. Bees butterflies other pollinating insects love this easy to grow plant. Grow in moist but well drained soil in sun or part shade. Waldsteinia ternata is a shade loving perennial groundcover plant.

It thrives even in dry shade. Ground cover plants are useful examples in any garden and mat forming plants are a group of groundcovering specimens which create thick uninterrupted sheets of foliage and when used correctly can ease the work of the gardener by out competing weeds for light and nutrients. Arabis blepharophylla spring charm is a dwarf mat forming evergreen perennial with soft deep green leaves that form ground hugging rosettes. Leaves have small teeth at the outer tip.

Matchweed spreads by both seeds and stolons along prostrate stems. Mat forming perennials by plant hunter lark hanham. Small purple flowers appear above the foliage in early summer. Arenaria montana mountain sandwort.

Vinca periwinkle is a low mat forming plant with long stems that root as they touch the ground. Ground cover plants are useful examples in any garden and mat forming plants are a group of groundcovering specimens which create thick. By plant hunter lark hanham. The decorative bright foliage of this variety is particularly eye catching in a shady border.