Foundation Plants

Foundation plants are a group of plants used in landscape design to blend a building with its setting and obscure any undesirable features of the foundation. The plants are placed around the house, close to the walls, under the windows, and beside the doors.

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Abelia 'Carolina Sunset'

Abelia x grandiflora 'Little Richard'

Abelia x grandiflora 'Rose Creek'

Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'

Azalea 'Carror'

AZalea 'George Tabor'

azalea 'Mangetsu'

azalea 'Sunglow'

Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea'

Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'

Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'

Buddleia davidii 'Dapper Lavender'

Buddleia davidii 'Dapper Pink'

Buddleia davidii 'Dapper White'

Buddleia davidii 'Raspberry Eyes'

Buddleia hyb. 'Cranrazz'

Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen'

Buxus sempervirens 'Unraveled'

Callicarpa americana

Callicarpa americana 'Welch's Pink'

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii'

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold'

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'

Cornus sericea 'Baileyi'

Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty'

Cupressus arizonica glabra 'Blue Ice'

Distylium x 'Blue Cascade'

Distylium x 'Coppertone'

Distylium 'Vintage Jade'

Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'

Euonymus japonicus 'Silver King'

Fatsia japonica

Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'

Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'

Gardenia jasminoides 'Double Mint'

Gardenia jasminoides 'Frostproof'

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

Grass - Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'

Grass - Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'

Grass - Muhlenbergia capillaris

Grass - Nassella tenuissima

Grass - Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'

Grass - Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'

Grass - Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian'

Grass - Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'

Grass - Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'

Grass - Pennisetum purpureum 'Princess Caroline'

Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns'

Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

Hosta 'Guacamole'

Hosta 'Minuteman'

Hosta 'Wide Brim'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Double Down'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mckay'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Penny Mac'

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Wedding Gown'

Hydrangea paniculata 'Strawberry Sundae'

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'

Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'

Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii Nana'

Ilex cornuta 'Carissa'

Ilex cornuta 'Needlepoint'

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Ilex crenata 'Golden Soft Touch'

Ilex crenata 'Helleri'

Ilex crenata 'Hoogendorn'

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

Ilex crenata 'Steeds'

Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'

Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'

Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine'

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Point'

Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green'

Juniperus conferta 'All Gold'

Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific'

Juniperus horizontalis 'Andorra'

Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltoni'

Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'

Lagerstroemia 'Bellini Raspberry'

Lagerstroemia 'Bellini Grape'

Lagerstroemia 'Bellini Strawberry'

Lantana camara 'Pink Huff'

Lantana 'Chapel Hill Gold'

Lantana 'Chapel Hill Yellow'

Lespedeza liukiuensis 'Little Volcano'

Ligustrum japonicum 'East Bay'

Ligustrum japonicum 'Recurvifolium'

Ligustrum japonicum 'Rotundifolium'

Ligustrum sinense 'Sunshine'

Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'

Loropetalum chinense rubrum 'Daruma'

Loropetalum chinense rubrum 'Ruby'

Magnolia figo 'Serendipity'

Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris'

Mahonia confusa 'Narihira'

Myrica cerifera 'Strawberry Shortcake'

Nandina domestica

Nandina domestica 'Firepower'

Nandina domestica 'Gulfstream'

Osmanthus x fortunei

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Kaori Hime'

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

Paeonia 'Karl Rosenfeld'

Paeonia 'Sarah Bernhardt'

Rosa banksiae 'Lutea'

Rosa 'Double Knock Out®'

Rosa 'Buttercream Drift'

Rosa 'Blushing Drift'

Rosa 'Red Drift'

Rosa 'Peach Drift'

Rosa 'White Drift'

Rosa 'Peachy KnockOut'

Rosa 'Coral Knockout'

Rosa 'Pink Double Knockout'

Rubus 'BabyCakes'

Spiraea Jjaponica 'Lemon Princess'

Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'

Syringa patula 'Miss Kim'

Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald'

Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'

Thuja occidentalis 'Yellow Ribbon'

Thuja plicata 'Green Giant'

Trachelospermum asiaticum

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Viburnum macrocephalum

Viburnum odoratissimum awabuki 'Chindo'

Viburnum obuvatum 'Raulston Hardy'

Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Shasta'

Viburnum tinus 'Compactum'

Vitex agnus-castus 'Lecompte'

Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls'

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'