This is a list of garden plant varieties listed by Latin name and common name. Inclusion here is by plants that I am familiar with as a landscaper. It is not a complete or exhaustive list. The title "Landscapers palette" comes from the fact that these are the plants that for 95% of the time I would choose from when planning a planting scheme.

Exclusion doesn't always mean that a plant doesn't deserve a place here on merit, it may be because it's uncommon, difficult to get hold of, that I haven't yet got around to including it yet - or of course that it doesn't deserve a place here on merit.

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unmarked links go to somewhere to buy that plant online

Ground Cover Plants

Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Ajuga - Bugle - Burgundy Glow	spreading	green, purple			ap-aut	6"	2-3ft			Y	Y
Arabis alpina snowcap	spreading	white			sp-all	6"	2ft		Y
Aubretia purple cascade	spreading	purple			sp-all	6"	2ft		Y
Campanula carpatica blue or white	spreading	white / blue	clay		sp-aut	1ft	2ft			Y	Y
Cotoneaster horizontalis	spreading, wall shrub	red berries in aut			sp-aut	3ft	5ft
Geranium macorrhizum White-ness	spreading	white to purple, blue	any, dry, water- logged		sp-aut	2ft	2ft			Y	Y
Hebe pinguifolia pagei - shrubby veronica	spreading, shrub		not exposed		all	1ft	3ft		Y	Y	Y
Juniperus squamata, blue carpet - flaky juniper	spreading	blue, green lvs	dry		all	3ft	6ft		Y
Juniperus davurica	spreading	yell, green	dry		all	2ft	6ft		Y
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd
Juniperus communis repanda	spreading	silvery - green	dry		all	2ft	6ft		Y		Y
Lamium maculatum | Lamium Golden Anniversary	spreading	variegated			sp-aut	6"	3ft			Y	Y
Saxifraga umbrosa - London pride	spreading	pink	any		all - sum	1ft	2ft		Y	Y	Y
Sedum spathulifolium purpureum	spreading	purple variegated	sun, exposed		all	6"	2ft		Y
Stachys byzantina - lambs ears	spreading	grey green	sun		all - sum	6"	2ft		Y
Thymus - creeping thyme	spreading		sun	Y	all -sum	6"	2ft		Y
Vinca minor or major	spreading	white, green	any, dry		all	1.5ft	indefinite		Y	Y	Y
Name	habit	colour	difficult	scent	seasons	height	spread	flower	everg	shd	sshd