If you've got a shady spot that you would like to brighten up while attracting butterflies to your yard, these pretty, drought tolerant flowers are perfect.

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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.

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And, over time, perennial ground covers take less maintenance than grass and are less costly. Most ground covers are perennials but there are some shrubs that serve this purpose too.

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.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida such as using perennial peanut for ground cover or lawn replacement along with care of other plants.

Description: Ceanothus is a genus of more than 50 species, mostly evergreen, ornamental, flowering shrubs. They are mainly native to California, though some are found in the East, the Northwest ...

Stems of this sun-loving ground cover perennial touch the ground, and roots form that lead to aggressive spreading.

Or the perennial of the year for 2015: pink-kissed white flowering Biokovo. The plants feature attractive palmate leaves in varying shades of greens and even burgundy.