Red Flowering Ground Cover Plants

Creeping Blueberry

• Creeping blueberry (Vaccinium crassifolium) is an evergreen ground cover that grows like a low mat to a mature height of 6 inches to 1 foot. Creeping blueberry has a fine texture and blooms with clusters of red flowers in spring. The foliage is a glossy dark green to bronze. Creeping blueberry is hardy in USDA Zones 7 to 9 and grows best in areas of full sun to light shade. Plant in a fertile, acidic, well-drained and preferably sandy soil. Creeping blueberry is a native of southeastern United States and has a moderate level of tolerance for drought.

Epimedium

• Epimedium (Epimedium spp.) is a deciduous ground cover hardy in USDA Zones 6 to 8. Epimedium has a number of cultivars that bloom with pink, red or white flowers in May or June. The cultivar rubrum produces red flowers. Epimedium grows to a mature height of 8 to 10 inches and thrives best in areas of partial shade. The growth rate of the herbaceous perennial differs with cultivars.

Germander

• Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) is a slow-growing, evergreen ground cover that blooms with red to purple flowers in summer. Germander is hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 9 and grows to a mature height of about 10 inches. The ground cover has a dense growth with Ã?½ to 1 inch, glossy, toothed foliage. Plant in areas of full sun to partial shade and in well-drained soil. Germander is well-tolerant of drought and has a medium to fine texture.

Red Ruby Strawberry

• Red ruby strawberry (Fragaria 'Red Ruby') is a red flowering ground cover with large, strawberry like, red flowers. Red ruby strawberry spreads with stolons and grows to a full height of about 5 inches with a 1- to 2-foot mat-like spread. The semi-evergreen ground cover is hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 8 and has alternate, dark green foliage. Plant in areas of sun to light shade and well-drained soil. Red ruby strawberry has a moderate to fast growth rate.