5 native plants that can be used for ground cover.

Elliott’s love grass

Grass with blue or silver, green leaves; can be planted at any time of year

Beach bean

Large leaves with pink flowers; can be used as ground cover and will climb buildings

Golden creeper

Glossy green leaves; tolerant of salt, drought and heat

Railroad vine

Purple flowers with large leaves; tolerant of salt and drought

Beach sunflower

2-inch yellow flowers with triangular leaves; brown center attracts insects

Olivia Franklin is TCPalm’s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X @Livvvvv_5.

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Florida native plants, leaves best for ground cover

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