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Erosion Control

These plants excel at controlling erosion on slopes.

See photographs comparing average sizes of some bare roots and potted plants
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Periwinkle 'Traditional' {Bare Root Plants, min 1000}
1000 - 4999: $0.54 each  |  5000+: $0.49 each
(Common/Creeping Periwinkle/Myrtle) True garden standard. Evergreen trailing vine with glossy emerald leaves forming thick coverage and profuse perwinkle flowers in spring, with occasional blooms to frost. 4-6" tall.
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Periwinkle 'Traditional' {Bare Root Plants, min 500}
500 - 999: $0.74 each  |  1000 - 4999: $0.54 each
(Common/Creeping Periwinkle/Myrtle) True garden standard. Evergreen trailing vine with glossy emerald leaves forming thick coverage and profuse perwinkle flowers in spring, with occasional blooms to frost. 4-6" tall.
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Baltic Ivy {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
On Sale!: $0.97
Regularly: $1.57
A fast-growing evergreen vine with glossy leaves that are unusually dark green with prominent white veins. Adopts a slight eggplant hue in autumn. Mature height 6-12", can climb 30-40 feet.
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English Ivy {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
On Sale!: $0.97
Regularly: $1.57
The quintessential, glossy-green ivy. Fast-growing, evergreen vine. Emerald foliage with prominent veins. Perfect covering slopes and climbing structures. Mature height 6-12", can climb 30-40 feet.
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Japanese Spurge {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
On Sale!: $0.97
Regularly: $1.87
Thick and glossy jade evergreen foliage actually looks like a flower as it whirls around the stem giving a constant bloom effect. Maintenance-free, grows in just about any soil. Mature height 6-12".
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Periwinkle 'Traditional' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
On Sale!: $0.97
Regularly: $1.97
(Common/Creeping Periwinkle/Myrtle) True garden standard. Evergreen trailing vine with glossy emerald leaves forming thick coverage and profuse perwinkle flowers in spring, with occasional blooms to frost. 4-6" tall.
In stock.
Purple Wintercreeper {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
On Sale!: $0.97
Regularly: $1.87
Incredible emerald (spring, summer) evergreen trailing vine that turns burgundy in fall. Rapid spreading, it tolerates most conditions, including poor soils and drought. Mature height 6-12".
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Asiatic Jasmine {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.87 each  |  250 - 999: $1.57 each
(Asian Jasmine, Dwarf Jasmine, Japanese Star Jasmine) Evergreen trailing vine forms a dense mat that carpets or climbs. Great for erosion/weed control. Tolerates harsh urban environment. 6-12" tall.
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Dwarf Mondo Grass {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.87 each  |  250 - 999: $1.57 each
(Dwarf Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf, Kyoto) Great foot-tolerant, no-mow turf substitute choice. A low-growing, dense and lush evergreen ground cover with dark green grass-like clumps of leaf blades that will thrive in sun or shade. ...
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Lily Turf 'Big Blue' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.97 each  |  250 - 999: $1.77 each
(Liriope) Tall, thin and vivid evergreen grass-like foliage and slim spikes of lavender to periwinkle toned hyacinth-like blooms, followed by ebony-blue berries. 12-15" tall, spreads moderately fast.
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Mondo Grass {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.87 each  |  250 - 999: $1.57 each
(Monkey Grass, Lilyturf, Japanese Snake's Beard, Kyoto) Evergreen grasslike clumps or mounds with leathery pond-green 1/8" leaf blades dotted by tiny light lilac to white flowers in summer and bright blue berries in fall. Mature ...
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Wintercreeper {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.87 each  |  250 - 999: $1.57 each
A hardy deep emerald, leathery evergreen trailing vine that covers quickly and thoroughly. Tolerates most environmental conditions, including poor soils and drought. Mature height 6-12".
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Creeping Lily Turf {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $1.97 each  |  250 - 999: $1.77 each
(Liriope) Pale lavender to white flower spikes bloom in late summer amidst dense arching, evergreen (in southern zones) mat-forming tufts of narrow grassy foliage, 12-15" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Samantha' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.07 each  |  250 - 999: $1.87 each
(Liriope) Scads of cotton candy-pink flower spikes in late spring-early summer with a dense carpet of robust foliage great for suppressing weeds. Vigorous, happy in sun and shade. 12-15" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Christmas Tree' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.37 each  |  250 - 999: $2.07 each
(Liriope, Monroe's #2) Famous for unusually lovely, large lavender flower spikes in the shape of a Christmas tree, this lush evergreen groundcover performs well in partial or full shade. 12-15" tall.
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Lily Turf 'John Burch' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.37 each  |  250 - 999: $2.07 each
(Liriope) A cascade of arching, lush green variegated foliage edged in gold. Lavender blossoms resemble grape-hyacinths add color and interest. 12-15" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Silver Midget' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.37 each  |  250 - 999: $2.07 each
(Liriope) A lower-growing, lush evergreen groundcover with white/yellow and jade variegated foliage and light lavender flower spikes. Performs well in full sun and partial or full shade. 10-12" tall.
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Shiny Japanese Spurge {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.67 each  |  250 - 999: $2.47 each
(Shiny Leaf Pachysandra) Spectacular, patent-leather looking glossy green foliage dotted in spring and early summer by small white flowers, this thick, lush maintenance-free groundcover grows in most soils. Mature height 6-12".
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Daylily 'Orange' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
On Sale!: $2.77
Regularly: $5.47
('Fulva', Tawny/Tiger Daylily) The native daylily is famous for colorful clementine-orange blossoms with a burgundy/yellow throat on 28-32" foliage. Tolerates most soil conditions. A hardy garden staple.
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Lily Turf 'Samantha' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
25 - 49: $2.77 each  |  50 - 249: $1.77 each
(Liriope) Scads of cotton candy-pink flower spikes in late spring-early summer with a dense carpet of robust foliage great for suppressing weeds. Vigorous, happy in sun and shade. 12-15" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Royal Purple' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.87 each  |  250 - 999: $2.67 each
(Liriope) Regal emerald blades of evergreen foliage arch gracefully with amethyst flower spikes. Elegant specimen for border/edge plantings. 12-15" tall.
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Variegated Japanese Spurge {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $2.87 each  |  250 - 999: $2.67 each
('Silveredge') Mint and cream variegated evergreen foliage that actually looks like a flower as it whirls around the stem. Maintenance-free, grows in just about any soil. Mature height 6-12".
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Christmas Fern {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
On Sale!: $2.97
Regularly: $5.47
The quintessential fern, vibrant evergreen fronds are leathery and divided with holly-like leaflets. Excellent for erosion control, borders, edging and along foundations or walls. 12-24" tall.
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Hay-scented Fern {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
On Sale!: $2.97
Regularly: $4.17
People love this fern because it dramatically brightens shade gardens with vibrant chartreuse, medium sized foliage that emits the unique scent of fresh-cut hay when rubbed or crushed slightly. 2' tall.
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Lily of the Valley {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
On Sale!: $2.97
Regularly: $4.77
(May Lily, May Bells, Lily Constancy, Ladder-to-Heaven, Male Lily and Muguet, Our Lady's Tears) Jade-green leaves provide a low, dense groundcover with deliciously fragrant white, bell-shaped flowers in May that dangle like pearls, ...
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Lily Turf 'Silver Midget' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
25 - 99: $3.77 each  |  100 - 999: $3.47 each
(Liriope) A lower-growing, lush evergreen groundcover with white/yellow and jade variegated foliage and light lavender flower spikes. Performs well in full sun and partial or full shade. 10-12" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Monroe White' {Bare Root Plants, min 50}
50 - 249: $3.97 each  |  250 - 999: $3.67 each
(Liriope, Monroe's #1) Dense, clusters of rare and splendid pearlesque blooms form on flower spikes followed by ebony berries amidst wide blades of deep emerald foliage. 12-16" tall.
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Lily Turf 'Royal Purple' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
25 - 99: $3.97 each  |  100 - 999: $3.67 each
(Liriope) Regal emerald blades of evergreen foliage arch gracefully with amethyst flower spikes. Elegant specimen for border/edge plantings. 12-15" tall.
In stock.
Asiatic Jasmine {2 1/2 in. Pots min 54}
54 - 107: $4.17 each  |  108 - 1025: $3.97 each
(Asian Jasmine, Dwarf Jasmine, Japanese Star Jasmine) Evergreen trailing vine forms a dense mat that carpets or climbs. Great for erosion/weed control. Tolerates harsh urban environment. 6-12" tall.
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Big Blue' {2 1/2 in. Pots min 54}
54 - 107: $4.17 each  |  108 - 1025: $3.97 each
(Liriope) Tall, thin and vivid evergreen grass-like foliage and slim spikes of lavender to periwinkle toned hyacinth-like blooms, followed by ebony-blue berries. 12-15" tall, spreads moderately fast.
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Ingwersen' {2 1/2 in. Pots min 54}
54 - 107: $4.17 each  |  108 - 1025: $3.97 each
(Liriope) Lavish lilac flower clusters stand erect and abundant amidst this lush emerald evergreen groundcover with one of the showiest displays of all liriopes. Performs best in part-full shade. 12-15" tall.
In stock.
Mondo Grass {2 1/4 in. Pots min 54}
54 - 107: $4.17 each  |  108 - 1025: $3.97 each
(Monkey Grass, Lilyturf, Japanese Snake's Beard, Kyoto) Evergreen grasslike clumps or mounds with leathery pond-green 1/8" leaf blades dotted by tiny light lilac to white flowers in summer and bright blue berries in fall. Mature ...
In stock.
Christmas Fern {Bare Root Plants, min 10}
On Sale!: $4.47
Regularly: $6.47
The quintessential fern, vibrant evergreen fronds are leathery and divided with holly-like leaflets. Excellent for erosion control, borders, edging and along foundations or walls. 12-24" tall.
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Variegated' {2 1/2 in. Pots min 54}
54 - 107: $4.47 each  |  108 - 1025: $4.17 each
(Liriope) Profuse lilac clusters of blooms on a handsome, evergreen clump-forming groundcover with vibrant white to creamy yellow and green variegated foliage that arches gracefully. 12-16" tall.
In stock.
Creeping Lily Turf {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.77 each
(Liriope) Pale lavender to white flower spikes bloom in late summer amidst dense arching, evergreen (in southern zones) mat-forming tufts of narrow grassy foliage, 12-15" tall.
In stock.
Dwarf Mondo Grass {3 1/4 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.67 each
(Dwarf Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf, Kyoto) Great foot-tolerant, no-mow turf substitute choice. A low-growing, dense and lush evergreen ground cover with dark green grass-like clumps of leaf blades that will thrive in sun or shade. ...
In stock.
Hay-scented Fern {Bare Root Plants, min 10}
On Sale!: $4.97
Regularly: $5.97
People love this fern because it dramatically brightens shade gardens with vibrant chartreuse, medium sized foliage that emits the unique scent of fresh-cut hay when rubbed or crushed slightly. 2' tall.
In stock.
Japanese Spurge {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.67 each
Thick and glossy jade evergreen foliage actually looks like a flower as it whirls around the stem giving a constant bloom effect. Maintenance-free, grows in just about any soil. Mature height 6-12".
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Big Blue' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.67 each
(Liriope) Tall, thin and vivid evergreen grass-like foliage and slim spikes of lavender to periwinkle toned hyacinth-like blooms, followed by ebony-blue berries. 12-15" tall, spreads moderately fast.
In stock.
Mondo Grass {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.67 each
(Monkey Grass, Lilyturf, Japanese Snake's Beard, Kyoto) Evergreen grasslike clumps or mounds with leathery pond-green 1/8" leaf blades dotted by tiny light lilac to white flowers in summer and bright blue berries in fall. Mature ...
In stock.
Purple Wintercreeper {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $4.97 each  |  250 - 999: $4.67 each
Incredible emerald (spring, summer) evergreen trailing vine that turns burgundy in fall. Rapid spreading, it tolerates most conditions, including poor soils and drought. Mature height 6-12".
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Ingwersen' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.07 each  |  250 - 999: $4.77 each
(Liriope) Lavish lilac flower clusters stand erect and abundant amidst this lush emerald evergreen groundcover with one of the showiest displays of all liriopes. Performs best in part-full shade. 12-15" tall.
In stock.
Asiatic Jasmine {3 1/4 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.37 each  |  250 - 999: $5.07 each
(Asian Jasmine, Dwarf Jasmine, Japanese Star Jasmine) Evergreen trailing vine forms a dense mat that carpets or climbs. Great for erosion/weed control. Tolerates harsh urban environment. 6-12" tall.
In stock.
Lily Turf 'Gold Band' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.37 each  |  250 - 999: $4.97 each
(Liriope, 'Gold Banded') Lovely gold band borders broad 3/4" arching jade foliage more vivid than other variagted forms. Rich purple flowers followed by eggplant berries. 12-18" tall.
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Daylily 'Purple de Oro' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
25 - 99: $5.47 each  |  100 - 999: $5.17 each
Purplish red 2 3/4" blooms with a yellow throat and ruffled edge begin in early summer on this daylily with dense foliage and an abundance of reblooming flowers. A moderately compact semi-evergreen (in southern zones) daylily.
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Daylily 'Stella de Oro' {Bare Root Plants, min 25}
25 - 99: $5.47 each  |  100 - 999: $5.17 each
Slightly fragrant sunny golden 2 1/2" blooms begin in early summer on this compact (8-12") daylily with dense foliage and an abundance of reblooming flowers. A more compact semi-evergreen (in southern zones) daylily.
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Bugleweed 'Bronze Beauty' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.67 each  |  250 - 999: $5.37 each
(Ajuga Gaiety, Gaiety Bugleweed, Creeping Carpet Bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's Herb) Glossy variegated purple-bronze leaves up to 3" long, 3-5" tall, with 2" lilac flower spikes in early spring. Spreads rapidly, tolerates foot ...
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Bugleweed 'Burgundy Glow' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.67 each  |  250 - 999: $5.37 each
(Creeping Carpet Bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's Herb, Burgundy Lace) A stunning trio of mint, ivory, and burgundy/salmon foliage with six-inch indigo blue flower spikes in mid-spring to early-summer. Spreads rapidly. 3-6" tall.
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Bugleweed 'Catlin's Giant' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.67 each  |  250 - 999: $5.37 each
(Giant Bugleweed, Creeping Carpet Bugle, Sicklewort, Carpenter's Herb) Variegated rosettes of rapidly spreading purple-bronze foliage (5-7" tall) with profuse deep blue-purple flowers on spikes up to 8-10" tall in early spring. Light ...
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Lily Turf 'John Burch' {3 1/2 in. Pots min 25}
25 - 249: $5.67 each  |  250 - 999: $5.37 each
(Liriope) A cascade of arching, lush green variegated foliage edged in gold. Lavender blossoms resemble grape-hyacinths add color and interest. 12-15" tall.
In stock.
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