Groundcovers & Vines

Vines and groundcovers can grow vertically or horizontally and make for special plants to dress up a trellis or create layers in a garden.
Japanese pachysandra deer resistant ground cover plant closeup
The Best Deer-Resistant Ground Cover Perennial Plants
Autumn fern coppery-yellow fronds in sunlight
How to Grow and Care for Autumn Ferns
Closeup of purple passion vine foliage
How to Grow and Care for Purple Passion Vine
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
How to Grow and Care for Asiatic Jasmine
Coral honeysuckle plant with red and orange tubular flowers on end of stems closeup
How to Grow Coral Honeysuckle
Japanese wisteria 'multijuga' tree with violet flowers hanging from vines with bright green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Japanese Wisteria
American wisteria 'amethyst falls' branches with purple-blue flower clusters surrounded by bright green pinnate leaves
How to Grow American Wisteria
Society garlic plant with small purple star-shaped flower and bud clusters
How to Grow and Care for Society Garlic
Glossy green rounded leaves with tiny pink five petalled flowers
How to Grow and Care for Corsican Mint
Lady fern plant with large and wide fronds near gravel
How to Grow and Care for Lady Ferns
Squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) fruit
How to Grow and Care for Squirting Cucumber
Wintergreen plant with small bright red berries in between leaves
How to Grow Wintergreen Plants
pachysandra terminalis
15 Best Evergreen Ground Cover Plants
Cypress vine in bloom with red flowers
How to Grow and Care for Cypress Vine
Aubrieta with purple flowers nestled on rock
How to Grow and Care for Aubrieta
english ivy
10 Perennial Vines for Shady Areas
Creeping Charlie plant growing in ground next to shovel and garden gloves
How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie: Hand-Pulling & Herbicide
closeup of a pothos plant
How to Grow and Care for Pothos
ground cover greenery
25 Low-Maintenance Ground Cover Plants for Sun and Shade
Virginia Creeper on a fence
How to Grow and Care for Virginia Creeper
groundcover in shade
12 Ground Cover Plants for Shade
liriope grass
How to Grow and Care for Liriope
Vinca minor ground cover in bloom.
How to Grow and Care for Vinca Minor (Periwinkle)
creeping phlox
How to Grow and Care for Creeping Phlox
bugleweed plant
How to Grow and Care for Bugleweed
Snow in summer plants with small white flowers in ground
10 Best Ground Covers for Full Sun
Front view of sprawling Black-eyed Susan vine
How to Grow and Care for Black-Eyed Susan Vine
passionflower vine on a fence
20 Best Perennial Flowering Vines and Climbers
Dahlia vancouver plant with pink flowers and white center and bud closeup
15 Flowering Plants With Large Blooms
Morning glory flower with purple petals
How to Grow and Care for Morning Glory
purple hyacinth bean plant
How to Grow and Care for Purple Hyacinth Bean
Moonflower with white trumpet-shaped petals surrounded by leaves closeup
How to Grow and Care For Moonflower
sweet potato vines
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Potato Vine
Virginia creeper vine with red and yellow leaves closeup
12 Seasonal Bush and Shrub Species With Red Leaves
Purpurea Viola spreading plant with small purple flowers surrounded by brown leaves
16 Spreading Plants for Paved Areas
Creeping phlox with lavender flowers as ground cover closeup
19 Best Flowering Ground Covers
Wisteria vines with white flowers hanging over pergola
Best Vines to Grow on Pergolas and Arbors
Winter jasmine vines with yellow flowers in sunlight
10 Great Jasmine Shrubs and Vines for Your Landscape
Chinese wisteria
11 Species of Invasive Vines
Moss covering base of tree with scattered leaves
Reasons to Grow Moss Where Grass Will Not Survive
Colorful sedum (stonecrop) varieties as ground cover
10 Sedum (Stonecrop) Varieties To Plant as Ground Cover
Chinese wisteria tree
How to Identify and Remove Chinese Wisteria
orange trumpet vine bloom
How to Grow and Care for Trumpet Vine
kiwi vine on a fence
How Grow and Care for Hardy Kiwi Vine
Climbing hydrangea bush with small white flowers clustered together in between vines
How to Grow and Care for Climbing Hydrangea
Boston ivy
How to Grow and Care for Boston Ivy
sweet autumn clematis
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Autumn Clematis
Japanese honeysuckle plant vines with yellow and white flowers
How to Identify and Remove Japanese Honeysuckle
Dutchman's pipe vines with large heart-shaped leaves on metal trellis
How to Grow and Care for Dutchman's Pipe Vines
purple ice plant
How to Grow and Care for Ice Plants
Sweet woodruff plant with lance-shaped leaves and small white flower clusters
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Woodruff
Yukon belle creeping juniper closeup
Creeping Juniper Plant Profile
closeup of english ivy
How to Grow and Care for English Ivy
winter creeper
How to Grow and Care for Wintercreeper Euonymus
Yellow alyssum flowers in drought tolerant garden
7 Easy Drought-Tolerant Ground Covers
Bougainvillea vines with fuchsia flowers hanging over house
12 Best Perennial Vines to Grow in the Sun
Pachysandra plant with small white flower clusters and leaves covering ground near stone edge
What Is a Ground Cover Plant?
Creeping phlox with small light purple flowers clustered closely
Creeping Plants: Types and Uses
Boston ivy scaling a wall
What is the Difference Between Climbers and Creepers?
passion flower
How to Grow and Care for Passionflower
Cobaea scandens flowers
How to Grow and Care for Cup and Saucer Vine
Cardinal climber plant with red trumpet-shaped flowers on vines with palm-like leaves climbing column closeup
How to Grow and Care for Cardinal Climber
sweet alyssum
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Alyssum
Bugleweed ground cover plant with purple flower clusters surrounded by leaves
5 Invasive Ground Covers to Avoid

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