14 competition tolerant suppressing groundcovers for rainy climates

Proven groundcovers for dense naturalistic wild planting design in temperate climates

In our garden I’m hedging my bets on groundcovers to eventually turn our garden into a highly successful wild inspired design. Nowhere more so than around the raised patio where I’d like to stand above a sea of flowering groundcover.

I am obsessed with ground covering plants these days, for three main reasons. I enjoy the look of low planting with lots of empty space to see over them; they help reduce maintenance by suppressing other growth; if chosen carefully groundcover can help with successional planting in the same space. A garden with only groundcovers would be an incredible design but combined with a mix of other plants, will cause jaws to drop. And the best thing is, you’ll know the secret that they reduce the amount of maintenance you have to do.

Competition tolerant for rainy climates

The list of groundcover plants on this page is specifically aimed at the following criteria:

• Rainy climate: where the ground rarely completely dries out in summer - though all of these plants can…