How to Choose a Ground Cover for Sun

Ground covers can add a carpet of flowers and foliage to a sunny garden. Choose colorful blooming plants such as Scotch heather, and ground cover for foliage such as evergreen juniper or sumac, which has bright fall color.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Plants
• Plants

1. Choose plants well-suited to sun - especially hot afternoon sun - such as stonecrop or ice plant.

2. Look at your garden at different times of the day to determine how much sun it gets. Note that "full sun" means at least 6 hours of sun a day, which is what a plant such as lamb's ears needs.

3. Decide how many plants you'll need to get by using rocks to represent the plants. Place them at intervals according to how wide the plants grow, then count up the rocks.

Tips & Warnings

• Choose a ground cover appropriate for your USDA plant hardiness zone (see Related Sites).