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The curbside area can have very different conditions from the rest of your yard. It may have dry, compacted soil or excessive shade. It could be full of rocks and gravel or it might be the low spot where water drains from the lawn.
Whatever the conditions, there are some good looking plants that will thrive there. Here are some lists of ground covers, shrubs, annuals and perennials that will feel right at home in any curbside garden situation.
| Bearberry |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
2 to 8 / 8 to 3 |
| Bell heather |
Erica cinerea |
6 to 8 / 8 to 3 |
| Blue fescue |
Festuca glauca |
4 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Candytuft |
Iberis sempervirens |
5 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
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Cinquefoil |
Potentilla fruticosa |
3 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Creeping fig |
Ficus pumila |
9 to 11 / 12 to 1 |
| Flame vine |
Senecio confusus |
3 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Kalanchoe |
Kalanchoe eriophylla |
Treat as annual |
| Mondo grass |
Ophiopogon japonicus |
6 to 11 / 12 to 1 |
| Virginia creeper |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
4 to 9/ 9 to 1 |
| Cranberry bush |
Viburnum trilobum |
2 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Firethorn |
Pyracantha spp. |
6 to 9 / 9 to 3 |
| Forsythia |
Forsythia x intermedia |
6 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Honeysuckle |
Lonicera spp. |
4 to 9 / 9 to 3 |
| Juniper |
Juniperus spp. |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Lilac |
Syringa spp. |
3 to 8 / 8 to 1 |
| Mockorange |
Philadelphus spp. |
5 to 8 / 8 to 5 |
| Small-leaved boxwood |
Buxus microphylla |
6 to 9 / 10 to 4 |
| Snowberry |
Symphoricarpos spp. |
2 to 6 / 6 to 1 |
| Tartarian maple |
Acer tartaricum |
3 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Coral bells |
Heuchera spp. |
3 to 8 / 8 to 1 |
| Feather reed grass |
Calamagrostis acutiflora |
5 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Fountain grass |
Pennisetum alopecuroides |
5 to 9 / 9 to 2 |
| Hosta |
Hosta spp. |
4 to 9 / 9 to 2 |
| Lilyturf |
Liriope spicata |
6 to 11 / 12 to 1 |
| Sea lavender |
Limonium latifolium |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Sea thrift |
Armeria maritima |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Silvermound artemisia |
Artemisia schmidtiana |
5 to 8 / 8 to 4 |
| Stonecrop |
Sedum spectabile |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Cockscomb |
Celosia argentea cristata |
12 to 1 |
| Globe amaranth |
Gomphrena globosa |
12 to 1 |
| Morning glory |
Ipomoea tricolor |
12 to 1 |
| Moss rose |
Portulaca grandiflora |
12 to 1 |
| Spider flower |
Cleome hassleriana |
12 to 1 |
| Blue fescue |
Festuca spp. |
4 to 8 / 8 to 1 |
| Daylily |
Hemerocallis spp. |
3 to 11 / 12 to 1 |
| English lavender |
Lavandula angustifolia |
5 to 8 / 8 to 1 |
| Evening primrose |
Oenothera macrocarpa |
5 to 8 / 8 to 1 |
| Feverfew |
Tanacetum parthenium |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
| Lavender cotton |
Santolina chamaecyparissus |
6 to 9 / 12 to 1 |
| Madagascar periwinkle |
Catharanthus roseus |
9 to 11 / 12 to 1 |
| Roman chamomile |
Chamaemelum nobile |
6 to 9 / 12 to 1 |
| Serbian bellflower |
Campanula poscharskyana |
4 to 7 / 7 to 1 |
| Wormwood |
Artemesia spp. |
4 to 8 / 8 to 4 |
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