Edible Landscape Elements: Ground covers

If you need a plant that covers a large area, or that can be tucked in among a rocky landscape, a low growing ground cover is what you want.  They are great used on slopes or underneath trees and bushes, you might even be able to replace part of a lawn with them if you wanted.

However, be sure you place them in areas where they won’t be walked on.  Chamomile is the only one from this list that can take a light amount of foot traffic.  So if you do place them in an area that you might need to walk through, place a few pavers or rocks that you can walk on amongst the ground cover.

Here are a list of edibles you can use as ground covers:

Luckily these are mostly pretty easy to find too at  places like Gurney’s Seed and Nursery and Henry Fields Seed and Nursery or your own local nurseries too.  And the more difficult ones to find I’m still working on finding for you.   Now go forth and pick and choose to suit your location {or tastebuds}!