13 Easy To Maintain Ground Cover Varieties to Plant in Virginia

A beautiful low-growing ground cover that forms a dense mat of glossy, mahogany colored foliage that really catches the eye; attractive spikes of bright blue flowers add interest in spring, makes a good filler for moist shady areas of the garden.

Burgundy Glow’s attractive small crinkled round leaves emerge dark brown in spring, turning emerald green in color with showy creamy white variegation and tinges of purple the rest of the year. It features subtle spikes of sky blue flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late spring.

Chocolate Chip presents delicious chocolate brown foliage and pretty blue flower spikes during late spring. Very low maintenance and heat tolerant. Deer also tend to leave Chocolate Chip alone in favor of other, tastier treats.

This shade-loving native sedge features soft, arching semi-evergreen foliage. They make excellent additions to rock gardens or as a groundcover for part shade areas with dry to medium moisture. A very tough and adaptable plant.

A vigorous and pervasive groundcover, yet not overly aggressive, Creeping Jenny features very showy yellow flowers all summer long over a carpet of unique foliage. A great groundcover for both sun and shade which is almost indestructible.

The consummate vine, this is an evergreen climber or dense groundcover with beautiful deep green foliage, benefits from some protection from sun and wind in cold winters; very adaptable and vigorous, will cover walls, trees and fences in short order.

Lily Turf features dainty spikes of lavender flowers with powder blue overtones rising above the foliage in late summer. Its attractive glossy grassy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season. It features an abundance of magnificent black berries in early fall.

A tufted grass-like perennial with arching, glossy, dark green leaves that grow no more that a foot; provides a beautiful display of lovely lavender and white flowers atop showy spikes; best used as an edging plant or massed as a groundcover.

Variegated Lily Turf is a dense herbaceous perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

A highly regarded evergreen groundcover, exceptional performance in deep shade, actually dislikes hot sun, one of the few that does well beneath mature shade trees; prefers highly organic, acidic soils, will benefit from snow cover in colder regions.

One of the finest low-growing groundcovers for tough shade, featuring rich lavender flowers held over lustrous dark green evergreen foliage; does well in sun or deep shade, quickly forms a dense mat, even grows well under mature trees.

Angelina Stonecrop is smothered in stunning yellow star-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from early to mid summer. Its attractive succulent needle-like leaves remain gold in color throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.