12 x Ground Cover Mixed Border Pack

12 x Ground Cover Mixed Border Pack

A practical and beautiful solution for covering bare soil, suppressing weeds, and creating low-maintenance colour

Transform dull or difficult spaces in your garden with our Ground Cover Mixed Border Pack, designed to provide year-round coverage, textural interest, and hardy, evergreen appeal. Ideal for banks, slopes, underplanting larger shrubs, or simply filling in bare patches, this curated mix of 12 tough and attractive ground cover plants offers a natural, low-effort solution to garden gaps.

All chosen varieties are known for their spreading habit, resilience, and visual impact — ensuring they’ll knit together quickly to form a dense, living carpet that improves soil health and reduces the need for weeding.

What’s Included:

A handpicked mix of reliable, fast-spreading ground cover plants:

• Cotoneaster ‘Horizontalis’ – (3 x 3 Litre Pot) A low-growing, creeping shrub with glossy evergreen leaves and small white flowers followed by red berries. Excellent for erosion control and tough spots.
  Ultimate Height: 10cm
  Ultimate Spread: 1.5 - 2.5m

• Juniperus × pfitzeriana ‘Gold Star’ –  (3 x 3 Litre Pot) A low-growing, spreading conifer with bright golden-yellow foliage that holds its colour year-round. Ideal for sunny borders, rockeries, and slopes, this tough evergreen creates excellent ground coverage while adding vibrant contrast and texture to your planting scheme.
  Ultimate Height: 60cm
  Ultimate Spread: 1.5m

• Vinca minor 'Alba' – (3 x 3 Litre Pot) A charming evergreen groundcover, prized for its pure white, star-shaped flowers and dense, trailing foliage. A white-flowered form of the classic lesser periwinkle, ‘Alba’ brings a fresh, clean look to shady spots and underplantings, where its subtle beauty shines.
  Ultimate Height: 10-15cm
  Ultimate Spread: Indefinite through creeping stems.

• Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’  – (3 x 3 Litre Pot) Dense evergreen shrub with dark green foliage, pink-tinged white winter flowers and blue-black berries. Great for structure and seasonal interest.
  Ultimate Height: 1.5 - 2m
  Ultimate Spread: 1.5m

Why Choose This Pack?

• Low Maintenance – Once established, these plants require little care and naturally suppress weeds

• All-Season Appeal – Evergreen foliage and seasonal flowers or berries provide interest throughout the year

• Soil Stabilisation – Excellent for sloped or eroding areas where stability and coverage are essential

• Shade Tolerant – Especially useful for awkward shaded spots under trees or along fences

• Wildlife Friendly – Flowers and berries provide value for bees, birds, and other pollinators

Best Locations

• Banks and slopes

• Edges of borders

• Shaded areas under trees

• Driveway or path borders

• Rockeries or difficult-to-mow spaces

️ Planting Tips

• Soil: Most well-drained soils will do. Enrich poor soils with compost before planting.

• Spacing: Plant around 30–40cm apart for full coverage within 1–2 growing seasons.

• Watering: Keep well watered during the first season, especially in dry weather.

• Maintenance:

  • Occasional trimming keeps plants neat and encourages dense growth

  • Remove weeds until plants fill in the gaps fully

This 12 x Ground Cover Mixed Border Pack is the perfect problem-solver for gardeners looking to beautify tricky areas while keeping maintenance to a minimum. Dense, attractive, and practical — it’s a smart way to let your garden take care of itself.

12 x Ground Cover Mixed Border Pack Grasslands Nursery

Does the height include the pot?

No, we measure from the top of the pot to the tip of the plant except for some of the instant planted screens, in this case it will be stated in the description

How long does delivery take?

Most orders are delivered in just a few days, Smaller items are often sent with Parcelforce on a next day service, Larger items should allow up to 10 days due to the size of the items they often have to be sent on our own transport.

Where will you leave my plants?

We will leave your order at the front of your property, Parcelforce may
leave your items in a safe place if you let us know, Pallet couriers
will require a flat hard surface to deliver to, no gravel or soil, a
driveway or parking spot would be best. Most importantly Deliveries by
pallet courier will require access for a large truck (bin lorry sized)
to get near the delivery point. Deliveries sent on our own transport may come in a small van or larger truck.