Shop Alternative Lawns
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Create an alternative lawn by carpeting your landscape with colorful, low-care groundcovers. These low-growing perennials are an indispensable part of any well-well designed garden and are perfect for replacing areas of lawn, large and small, especially difficult-to-mow hillsides. Use them as a “living mulch” to cool the ground and suppress weed growth or for filling in spaces between flagstones and pavers. Knowing and understanding their tolerance to foot traffic is a key element in deciding what are the right groundcovers for your needs. Read about Groundcovers You Can Step On and Creating A Thyme Lawn.
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Shop Alternative Lawns
Create an alternative lawn by carpeting your landscape with colorful, low-care groundcovers. These low-growing perennials are an indispensable part of any well-well designed garden and are perfect for replacing areas of lawn, large and small, especially difficult-to-mow hillsides. Use them as a “living mulch” to cool the ground and suppress weed growth or for filling in spaces between flagstones and pavers. Knowing and understanding their tolerance to foot traffic is a key element in deciding what are the right groundcovers for your needs. Read about Groundcovers You Can Step On and Creating A Thyme Lawn.
To choose the best plants for your garden, use our filters at left.
To choose the best plants for your garden, use our filters below.
Sick of mowing your lawn? Looking for an environmentally friendly alternative? This mix is the perfect combination of wildflowers, grasses and groundcovers specifically formulated ...
Learn MoreAlternative Lawn Wildflower Seed Mix Alternative Lawn Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $29.99Per 1/4 PoundSick of mowing your lawn? Looking for an environmentally friendly alternative? This mix is the perfect combination of wildflowers, grasses and groundcovers specifically formulated to provide color and soil stabilization. A unique blend of 13 varieties, this mix provides an easy to grow, diverse mix that makes the perfect alternative to lawn.Our Microclover Low-Water Lawn Seed Mix is a sustainable lawn solution that includes Low Work & Water Dwarf Fescue Grass Seed and Microclover Seeds. It will quickly green up in sprin...
Learn MoreMicroclover & Low-Water Lawn Seed Mix Microclover Low-Water Lawn Seed Mix Microclover & Low-Water Lawn Seed MixAs low as $39.99Per 1 PoundOur Microclover Low-Water Lawn Seed Mix is a sustainable lawn solution that includes Low Work & Water Dwarf Fescue Grass Seed and Microclover Seeds. It will quickly green up in spring, and stays greens all season, even in hot, dry weather. This mix will create a durable and dense, yet soft and comfortable surface that’s excellent for high traffic areas. This low-maintenance mix has excellent resistance to diseases and pests, and eliminates any need for herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. Once established, your low-growing lawn will need little to no watering or mowing. Tolerates shade and suitable for a wide range of the US. Exclusively available from High Country Gardens.A customer favorite for over 25 years, this special blend of wildflowers will do very well in dry, well-drained soils. Popular in coastal areas or sandy soil conditions, this mix con...
Learn MoreDry Area Wildflower Seed Mix Dry Area Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $17.99Per 1/4 PoundA customer favorite for over 25 years, this special blend of wildflowers will do very well in dry, well-drained soils. Popular in coastal areas or sandy soil conditions, this mix contains 25 hardy wildflower varieties. Flowers from the annual wildflowers will begin in around just 6 weeks and last all season long with 14 annual species for first-year blooms and 11 perennial varieties for lasting flowers for years to come.Are you dealing with water restrictions or looking to minimize watering? If so this is mix is for you. A perfectly balanced blend of 18 different wildflowers this mix is sure to br...
Learn MoreWestern Xeriscape Wildflower Seed Mix Western Xeriscape Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $15.95Per 1/4 PoundAre you dealing with water restrictions or looking to minimize watering? If so this is mix is for you. A perfectly balanced blend of 18 different wildflowers this mix is sure to bring lasting color. With 9 annuals for first year color and 9 perennials for lasting color, this mix was formualted to perform well with very limited watering.This mix is the perfect blend of wildflowers to create a High Country meadow.This hardy, drought resistant mix contains over 20 native species that will thrive with little maintenanc...
Learn MoreHigh Country Meadow Native Wildflower Seed Mix High Country Native Meadow Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $29.99Per 1/4 PoundThis mix is the perfect blend of wildflowers to create a High Country meadow.This hardy, drought resistant mix contains over 20 native species that will thrive with little maintenance and are great for attracting pollinators. Flowers will begin quickly with annual favorites such as Gaillardia puchella (Annual Indian Blanket), Gilia tricolor (Bird’s Eye). You'll get years of blooms with a large selection of native wildflowers, including: Liatris spicata (Gayfeather), Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-Leaved Coreopsis), Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mountain Penstemon), Salvia farinacea (Blue Sage), Ratibida pinnata (Grey-Headed Coneflower), Aquilegia canadensis (Eastern Columbine), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) and Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan), to name a few.Restore a piece of the prairie with our Little Prairie Native Wildflower Seed Mix, featuring hardy native wildflowers and grasses. Above ground, the plants provide habitat for butter...
Learn MoreLittle Prairie Native Wildflower Seed Mix Little Prairie Native Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $24.99Per 1/4 PoundRestore a piece of the prairie with our Little Prairie Native Wildflower Seed Mix, featuring hardy native wildflowers and grasses. Above ground, the plants provide habitat for butterflies, birds, and beneficial insects, with colorful wildflowers in bloom from spring to fall. Below ground, deep root help filter water, improve soil health, sequester carbon, and prevent erosion. Plant this mix and enjoy watching pollinators and birds fly from flower to flower, with wildflowers and grasses swaying gently in the breeze.Our Native Dry Area Wildflower Seed Mix is a hardy mix of native annual and perennial wildflowers that thrive in dry, well-drained soils. This all-native wildflower mix is an excelle...
Learn MoreNative Dry Area Wildflower Seed Mix Native Dry Area Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $34.99Per 1/4 PoundOur Native Dry Area Wildflower Seed Mix is a hardy mix of native annual and perennial wildflowers that thrive in dry, well-drained soils. This all-native wildflower mix is an excellent solution for dry meadows, lawn replacement, and xeriscapes where you want to create a habitat-friendly planting for pollinators, birds, and wildlife. Once established, this colorful mix of drought-resistant wildflowers will bloom from spring all the way through mid-fall.Our Superbloom Native Wildflower Seed Mix is inspired by the phenomenon of sweeping hillsides painted with flower petals. Bring that beauty to your home with this easy-to-grow wildfl...
Learn MoreSuperbloom Native Wildflower Seed Mix Superbloom Native Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $19.99Per 1/4 PoundOur Superbloom Native Wildflower Seed Mix is inspired by the phenomenon of sweeping hillsides painted with flower petals. Bring that beauty to your home with this easy-to-grow wildflower mix, including famous California Poppies, Lupines, and more. Butterflies and bees will appreciate the nectar supply from spring to summer. Though Superblooms are famous on the west coast, this wildflower seed mix can be grown in most soil types for a spectacular backyard show.The Partial Shade Seed mix provides a large mix of shade tolerant annuals and perennials for partially sunny areas of your landscape and garden....
Learn MorePartial Shade Wildflower Seed Mix Partial Shade Wildflower Seed MixAs low as $17.99 Sale $17.99Per 1/4 PoundThe Partial Shade Seed mix provides a large mix of shade tolerant annuals and perennials for partially sunny areas of your landscape and garden.Sedum globosum ‚Old Man‚s Bones‚ (Stonecrop) is an outstanding low-growing sedum with uniquely rounded, chubby leaves held on short spreading stems. Evergreen succ...
Learn MoreOld Man's Bones Sedum 'Old Man's Bones' Sedum Sedum globosum 'Old Man's Bones'As low as $11.99 Sale $7.79Per Plant - 5" Deep PotSedum globosum 'Old Man's Bones' (Stonecrop) is an outstanding low-growing sedum with uniquely rounded, chubby leaves held on short spreading stems. Evergreen succulent foliage often develops a bronze tint in summer and flushes shades of purple, pink, red, and bronze over the winter. Perfect for groundcover, rock gardens, edging pathways, and spilling over the edges of raised beds or containers. It blooms in summer with clusters of small, bright yellow, star-shaped flowers.‚Lemon Fizz‚ Santolina (Santolina virens) has fine, almost mossy-looking foliage in an eye-catching chartreuse color. The compact mounding foliage is evergreen and produc...
Learn MoreLemon Fizz Santolina Lemon Fizz Lavender Cotton Santolina virens 'Lemon Fizz'$13.99 Sale $9.09Sale Price I Save 35%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot'Lemon Fizz' Santolina (Santolina virens) has fine, almost mossy-looking foliage in an eye-catching chartreuse color. The compact mounding foliage is evergreen and produces bright yellow button-shaped flowers in summer. It thrives in full, hot sun, but demands a sandy, dry growing site once established. It’s a bit cold-tender and is recommended as a container-grown plant for use around the patio when planted away from the West Coast.‚Spring Carpet‚ Mount Atlas Daisy (Anacyclus depressus) is a wonderful early-spring-blooming groundcover. Blooming with cheerful white daisies, its petals feature strikin...
Learn MoreSpring Carpet Mount Atlas Daisy (Anacyclus) Spring Carpet Mount Atlas Daisy Anacyclus depressus 'Spring Carpet'$11.99 Sale $7.79Sale Price I Save 35%Per Plant - 5" Deep Pot'Spring Carpet' Mount Atlas Daisy (Anacyclus depressus) is a wonderful early-spring-blooming groundcover. Blooming with cheerful white daisies, its petals feature striking red undersides, adding a bit of contrast and detail to the perennial garden. Fern-like grey-green foliage creates an attractive mat. Well-suited to alpine and rock gardens, the plants thrive in dry, sunny, poor soil locations, especially along gravel paths.
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- Phlox subulata Drummond's Pink
- Veronica prostrata Dick's Wine
- Leptinella squalida Platt's Black
- Phlox subulata Scarlet Flame
- Stachys coccineus
- Greek Yarrow
- Corsican Perennial Viola
- Judith's Favorite Fame Flower (Phemeranthus)
- Red Flowered Lamb's Ear
- Helen von Stein Lamb's Ear - 5" Pot
- Creeping Shrubby Ice Plant (Ruschia)
- Lemhi Purple Creeping Phlox
- Showy Pink Evening Primrose
- Thrift-Leaf Perky Sue (Hymenoxys)
- Mesa Wine Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Hantamberg Orange Gazania
- Butterscotch Baby Gazania
- Lion's Spore (Euphorbia)
- Kew Broom (Cytisus)
- Dwarf Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Dwarf Rock Cress (Aubrieta)
- Fragrant Persian Stonecress (Aethionema)
- Sedum middendorfianum
- Cold Hardy Succulent Collection
- Ice Plant Collection (Delosperma)
- Drought Resistant Groundcover Collection
- Boulder Mountain Pussy Toes (Antenaria)
- Cleopatra Oregano
- Colorado Gold® Gazania
- Red Bells Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)
- Rose Bells Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla)
- Prairie Phlox
- Black Scallop Ajuga
- Voodoo Sedum
- Solid Gold Salvia
- Large Flowered Stonecress (Aethionema)
- Dwarf Golden Turkish Sage (Phlomis)
- Dwarf Culinary Oregano
- Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium)
- Pink Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Blue Globe Daisy (Globularia)
- Hidcote Blue Comfrey (Symphytum)
- Sonoma Coast Yarrow
- Shades of Pink Creeping Phlox
- Compact Creeping Germander (Teucrium)
- Valley Lavender Plains Verbena
- Canby's Mountain Lover (Paxistima)
- Tufted Ice Plant
- Gold On Blue Prairie Zinnia
- Prairie Zinnia
- Johnson's Blue Geranium
- Scarlet Tanager Gazania
- Snow Tips Saponaria
- Alpine Blue Mint Bush (Zizophora)
- Sutherland Night Blooming Ice Plant (Stomatium)
- Pasque Flower Collection (Pulsatilla)
- Psychedelic Mesemb (Aloinopsis)
- Wallowa Mountains Sandwort (Arenaria)
- Seafoam Artemisia
- Miniature Mat Daisy (Bellium)
- High Plains Yellow Sundrops (Calylophus)
- Hardy Plumbago (Ceratostigma)
- Creeping Gold Buttons (Cotula)
- Alan's Apricot Ice Plant
- Blut Ice Plant
- Gold Nugget Ice Plant
- White Nugget Ice Plant
- Fire Spinner® Ice Plant
- Mesa Verde® Ice Plant
- Lavender Ice Ice Plant
- Hardy Yellow Ice Plant
- Red Mountain® Flame Ice Plant
- Lesotho Pink Ice Plant
- Sweet Woodruff (Gallium)
- Prairie Smoke (Geum)
- Creeping Goldenaster (Heterotheca)
- Sol Dancer Daisy (Hymenoxys)
- Herman's Pride Archangel (Lamiastrum)
- White Nancy Lamium
- Silver Edged Horehound (Marrubium)
- Shimmer Evening Primrose
- Dwarf Silver Evening Primrose
- Paronychia (Silver Nailwort)
- Pawnee Buttes® Sand Cherry (Prunus)
- Carpeting Pincushion Flower (Pterocephalus)
- Max Frei Saponaria
- Saponaria ocymoides
- Pink Cotton Lamb's Ear
- Dwarf Pink Lamb's Ear
- Partridge Feather (Tanacetum)
- Pink Germander (Teucrium)
- Doone Valley Lemon Thyme
- Woolly Thyme
- Juniper Leaf Thyme
- Pink Chintz Creeping Thyme
- Pink Creeping Thyme
- Reiter Creeping Thyme
- Red Mother-of-Thyme
- Blue Yonder Veronica
- Woolly Turkish Veronica
- Turkish Veronica
- Thyme-Leaf Veronica
- Blue Woolly Veronica
- Snowmass® Veronica
- Big Leaf Vinca
- Jumping Jack Perennial Viola
- Ben Nevis Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- FlowerKisser™ Arizona Beauty Coyote Mint (Monardella)
- Carole Ann Beach Strawberry (Fragaria)
- Cherry Skullcap (Scutellaria)
- Granita® Orange Ice Plant
- Blue Reflection® Veronica
- Granita® Raspberry Ice Plant
- Rock Garden Groundcover Collection
- Quick Color Groundcover Collection
- Northern Dragonhead
- Hairy Grama Grass
- Jewel of Desert® Peridot Ice Plant
- Appalachian Sedge
- Cooper's Hardy Ice Plant
- Jewel of Desert Garnet Ice Plant
- Orchid Frost Lamium
- Perfect Pink Santa Fe Phlox
- Alpine Rock Thyme (Acinos)
- Ben Fhada Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Fringed Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe)
- Marian Sampson Scarlet Monardella
- Missouri Evening Primrose
- Purity Dwarf Candytuft (Iberis)
- Hooker's Sandwort (Arenaria)
- Shell Pink Improved Lamium
- Vision® Violet Geranium
- SteppeSuns® Sunset Glow Penstemon
- Angelina Sedum
- Blue Spruce Sedum
- Morning Star White Armeria
- Splendens Armeria
- Victor Reiter Armeria
- Gray Santolina
- Green Santolina
- Purple Form Creeping Sedum
- Silver Carpet Lamb's Ear
- Bella Blue Prunella
- Ben Ledi Rock Rose (Helianthemum)
- Succulent Groundcover Collection
- Dark Violet Skullcap (Scutellaria)
- Tread On Me Evergreen Groundcover Collection
- Ballerina Red Armeria
- Axcent™ Deep Purple Aubrieta
- Axcent™ Burgundy Aubrieta
- Chick Charms® Appletini™ Hens and Chicks
- Chick Charms® Mint Marvel™ Hens and Chicks
- Aztec Gold Veronica
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe)
- Little Trudy® Nepeta
- Kannah Creek Sulphur Buckwheat
- Gray Creeping Germander (Teucrium)
- Purple Beauty Creeping Phlox
- Red Devil Perennial Verbena
- Xeriscape Clover Lawn Seed Mix