Ornamental

Vinca

Vinca minor

Trailing evergreen groundcover (Periwinkle) producing blue, purple, or white flowers; excellent for shade.

Japanese Spurge

Pachysandra terminalis

Pachysandra terminalis, the Japanese pachysandra, carpet box or Japanese spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the boxwood family Buxaceae, native to Japan, Korea and China and introduced to eastern North America. It is a slow-growing, spreading evergreen perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in) tall by 60 cm (24 in) broad, with alternate, simple, glossy leaves, and creeping stems.

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Clump-forming grass-like perennial with violet flower spikes in summer; excellent groundcover for shade.

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

Grass-like perennial forming dense clumps; popular as a lawn substitute and groundcover.

Alternanthera

Alternanthera rosaefolia

Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas, and others in Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems about one meter tall, bearing narrow leaf blades.

Agapanthus

Agapanthus africanus

Clump-forming perennial with strap-like leaves and tall stems bearing rounded heads of blue or white flowers.

Sugar Cane

Saccharum officinarum

White perennial sugar cane used as an edible crop, mulch source and companion planting for bananas.

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Versatile evergreen climber or groundcover (Ivy); adaptable to shade and a wide range of conditions.

Passionflower

Passiflora caerulea

Vigorous tendril climber producing exotic, intricately structured flowers; followed by edible passion fruit.

Cape Plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

Scrambling evergreen shrub producing masses of sky-blue flowers; excellent for warm, sunny positions.

Jasmine

Jasminum sp.

Climbing or scrambling shrubs (Jasmine) with delicately fragrant flowers in white, yellow, or pink.

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Thorny deciduous shrub or small tree with white spring blossom and dark sloes.