Lavender Flower Ground Cover. English Lavender Lavandula angusifolia is a perennial ground cover plant that produces tiny less than 1 inch purple flowers from spring to summer. English Lavender produces tiny purple flowers and is best known for its fragrant scent.
Plant Hardiness Zones 2-9. 18052020 Low-growing mats of Creeping Thyme are covered in teeny purple or white flowers in late spring which makes it a haven for pollinators. Armeria maritima Sea Thrift is a compact evergreen perennial boasting round clusters of pink to lavender or sometimes white flowers borne atop slender stalks that rise well above the foliage.
Flowers grow in long spikes kind of resembling lavenders.
It can be a very good ground cover for a gardener able and willing to keep it under control but it has escaped cultivation and naturalized in many areas of the northern US thanks to its ability to adapt to almost any soil condition. Its native to Europe and can be planted the spring after the risk of frost has passed and the soil has warmed up. Its also one of the sweetest-smelling. 18052020 Low-growing mats of Creeping Thyme are covered in teeny purple or white flowers in late spring which makes it a haven for pollinators.