Cast-Iron Plant

Cast-Iron Plant is popular evergreen garden plant in Japan. This plant is very easy to grow in shaded area; it needs almost no care at all. Cast-Iron Plant often used as ground cover or pot plant. In Japan we call this plant as “Haran (葉蘭)” and often used cut leaves for decorating Japanese foods especially sushi and sashimi.

Japanese Sweet Flag

Japanese Sweet Flag is perennial grass like plant. This plant prefers to grow in wet areas even though it can grow regular garden if you give it plenty of water everyday. The leaves of Japanese Sweet Flag are about 30cm (one foot) long and some cultivars are available. Japanese Sweet Flag spreads with its rhizomes densely so this plant is used as a ground cover of wet area.

Creeping Juniper

Creeping Juniper is great evergreen ground cover plant. It grows 0.6m (2 feet) height and 3m (10feet) width in full sun and relatively dry area, and it is easy to take care of it. So the important point for planting Creeping Juniper is to keep wide enough area for each of it, never plant it in dense condition.

Big Blue Lily Turf

Big Blue Lilyturf is easy to grow plant. This plant grow well in both area; full sun and shade area. They have purple flower in summer. Big Blue Lily Turf is usually used as ground cover.

Vinca

This is a flower of Vinca. Occasionally this plant is used as ground cover.