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Creeping Oregon grape is one of those perfect plants - it provides color and interest all year long, doesn't need much water and it requires no maintenance.
What more could you ask for? It's a broadleaf evergreen groundcover that grows into a mound that can get up to 2' high. It's one of the first things to bloom in the early spring, covered with bright yellow blossoms. The flowers turn to beautiful purple berries that feed the birds all summer long. And then it turns a wonderful burgundy color all winter. It will grow equally well in sun or shade and makes a delightful understory plant for your trees and taller shrubs. And the deer don't bother it at all! |
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Our Favorite: Creeping Oregon Grape - Mahonia repens
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Fall and winter
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Groundcovers
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Utah sedum: Sedum acre
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Very low water, native
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Hardy ice plant:
Delosperma cooperi |
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Low water
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Hardy ice plant:
Delosperma nubigenum |
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Low water
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Woolly thyme: Thymus
lanuginosus |
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Low water
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Mother of thyme:
Thymus serphyllum |
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Low water
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Mother of thyme mixed
with woolly thyme |
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Other Great Xeric Groundcovers
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