Ajuga reptans (Bugle): Superb ground cover plant with purplish green leaves and blue flower spikes in summer. Very attractive to bees

Ajuga reptans 'Alba' (Bugle, white flowered): Superb ground cover plant with bright green leaves and white flower spikes in summer. Very attractive to bees

Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' (PBR) (Bugle): Shiny, darkest purple-red leaves look near black. Short spikes of blue flowers in summer.

Alchemilla erythropoda (Alpine Lady's Mantle): Compact form of familiar Lady's Mantle.

Bergenia cordifolia (Elephant's ears.): Our in-house variety with huge green leaves which have lovely pink tints in winter and pink flowers in early spring [Collect Only]

Campanula portenschlagiana 'Resholt Variety' (Resholt's bellflower): Carpeting alpine with brilliant blue flowers over a long flowering period in summer.

Cornus canadensis: Ground cover plant with white four petalled flowers in spring. Leaves turn brilliant red in autumn. Ideal under deciduous trees

Delosperma 'Hybrid Mix' (Hardy Ice Plant, Jewel of the Desert): Brightly coloured, open flowers, small fleshy leaves.

Epimedium 'Spine Tingler' (Barrenwort): Very distinctive variety with long, tooth-edged leaves, rather like a holly and lemon yellow flowers

Erigeron karvinskianus (Fleabane): That pretty little daisy you see growing in the cracks in paving and walls in late summer....

Fragaria x ananassa 'Pink Panda' (PBR) (Pink flowered strawberry): Exactly like a small strawberry plant, except that the flowers are pink. Very attractive ground cover, berries are edible [Collect Only]

Geranium 'Bob's Blunder' (Cranesbill 'Bob's Blunder'): Bright pink, small flowers over a spreading mat of soft, bronzy flowers.

Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis': Masses of tiny purple flowers, good for ground cover

Leptinella squalida (Brass Buttons): Low-growing perennial with attractive feathery, bright green, fern-like foliage. Flowers are small, button-like in summer. Hardy. Up to 10cm.

Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black' (Brass Buttons): Low-growing perennial with attractive feathery, bronzy-black foliage with green tips. Flowers are small, button-like. Hardy. Up to 10cm.

Omphalodes verna 'Alba': Small, pure white open flowers in early spring over bright green foliage. Steadily spreads to cover the ground

Persicaria affinis 'Superba' (Creeping bistort): Evergreen ground cover plant with short rosy red flower spikes in mid to late summer.

Phlox subulata 'Temiskaming' (Moss phlox): A carpet of vibrant pink flowers in early summer

Primula 'Wanda': Low growing primula with bright purplish red flowers in early spring

Saxifraga fortunei 'Shiranami': Rosettes of green lobed leaves, wiry stems topped with double pure white flowers in late summer/early autumn. Hardy. Up to 25cm.

Sedum 'Vera Jameson' (Stonecrop 'Vera Jameson): Creeping stems of powdery red leaves topped with reddish pink flowers in late summer

Sedum kamtschaticum (Russia stonecrop): Creeping groundcover with glossy, green succulent leaves and starry yellow flowers in summer. Hardy.

Sedum spathulifolium 'Purpureum' (Purple stonecrop): Mat forming, fleshy purple rosettes with an attractive grey cast when young. Yellow flowers in summer.

Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron' (Lamb's ears): A fascinating colour - silvery/lemony/green furry leaves form spreading mats. Great for ground cover in sun.