What is 'groundcover'?

What is 'groundcover'?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'annual' compared to a 'perennial'?; What is an 'evergreen'?; What is a 'deciduous' plant? and more...

Groundcover can really apply to any type of plant that is used in mass and covers ground. So, it doesn't always have to be a low growing plant, although that's what we typically think of. We might think of English Ivy or Sweet Woodruff as a groundcover. But actually we can use a variety of plants, even Junipers, as groundcovers. Or we can use Day Lillies if we're using them in mass, and use them as a groundcover.