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It's always a plus when you can enjoy pretty flowering blooms in your garden while also benefiting from a ground cover. This is one unexpected option.

The plant also produces small, white flowers in summer. Compared to other ground cover plants, it is slow-growing, and a great choice to plant under trees in dappled light.

And, over time, perennial ground covers take less maintenance than grass and are less costly. ... low-growing ground cover dotted with white flowers.

Ceanothus' size spans from low-growing ground cover to compact bushy plants to tall shrubs that can be pruned to a treelike effect. The dark green leaves are glossy and vary in size from 1/2 inch ...

— Denise Hodgins is a landscape designer, horticultural consultant and garden coach based in London, Ont. For more information, visit www.gardencoachdenise.com.

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