Plant These 10 Groundcovers That Thrive Around Tree Trunks

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00:00Plant these 10 ground covers that thrive around tree trunks.

00:04Sweet Woodruff.

00:06European woodland native-forming fragrant carpets with white spring blooms,

00:10manageable rhizomes, attracts hoverflies and solitary bees, often semi-evergreen.

00:17Periwinkle.

00:18Southern European evergreen with glossy leaves and violet-blue blooms,

00:22fills deep shade, manageable runners,

00:25supports bumblebees, hoverflies,

00:28stabilizes erosion-prone soils.

00:31Barrenwort.

00:32Hybrid epimedium with bronze-tinted heart-shaped leaves maturing green.

00:36Slow, polite spread.

00:38Whimsical spring flowers attract tiny native bees.

00:41Creeping Jenny.

00:43European ground cover with golden, coin-like leaves and pale yellow blooms.

00:48Vigorous spreader best contained.

00:50Attracts hoverflies and solitary wasps.

00:53Bugleweed.

00:54Ajuga forms dense, bronze-tinged mats with blue spring spikes.

00:59Moderately spreading.

01:00Beloved by bees.

01:02Tolerates moist soils.

01:04Shelters beneficial beetles.

01:06Strawberry saxifrage.

01:08Silver-veined, round leaves and airy white sprays in late spring.

01:12Spreads gently by stolons.

01:14Attracts aphid-eating hoverflies.

01:16Creates silvery carpets.

01:18Creeping Thyme.

01:19Aromatic creeping thyme tolerates light shade near trunks.

01:23Pink lavender blooms draw bees.

01:26Fragrance underfoot.

01:27Transforms filtered sun pockets into pollinator havens.

01:31Yellow archangel.

01:33Variegated foliage and bright yellow spring flowers.

01:36Can naturalize yet stays contained in mulch.

01:38Early nectar for emerging queen bumblebees.

01:41Japanese spurge.

01:43Evergreen pechisandra forms a glossy, weed-smothering carpet.

01:47Slow, well-behaved spread.

01:49Tiny spring panicles attract small bees.

01:52Reliable, low-maintenance shade solution.

01:55Mondo grass.

01:56Mondo grass forms evergreen clumps, slow rhizomes, summer flowers and berries,

02:02shelters beneficial insects, architectural contrast, and texture beneath trunks.

02:06Billets.

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