Purple Wintercreeper - Ground Cover Plants - Ground Covers and Vines

Purple Wintercreeper

Fast Growing and Adaptable

(5 customer reviews)

Purple Wintercreeper thrives in a wide range of conditions, from full sun to dense shade. Veining evergreen 4-6 inches tall. Foliage turns purple in fall--lovely cascading over walls. Covers 20 sq. feet.

Bareroot.

Ground covers are as useful and often more decorative than lawns. Hot, dry spots above a hard to mow retaining wall or heavily shaded sites under trees are made to order situation where ground covers can work their magic.

Zones: 4-8.

Product Details

Zones: 4 - 9 (-20° F.)
Height: 8 in.
Spacing: 36 in.
Depth: same as in nursery
Spread: 36-60 in.
Sun/Shade: sun, shade
Color: greenish-white; not showy
Foliage: evergreen, glossy green changing to purple in winter
Blooms: spring-summer

Comments: This is an evergreen clinging vine or sub-shrub. Also, an excellent rambling ground cover, with 1" leaves that turn purplish in the fall and retain that color throughout the winter. Also suitable for slopes, beneath trees or cascading over walls. Hardy to -20 degrees F. Fibrous roots. These plants are very tolerant to most any condition they may encounter. The evergreen growth is a rapid grower. Requires little care. Crowds out weeds and controls erosion. FLOWERS OCCUR ON MATURE SPECIMENS ONLY.
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- Sunday, June 03, 2007
won't grow
Reviewed By: Wood (Floyd, Virginia)
We purchased 16 wintercreeper vines in the spring of 1998 and they haven't grown at all in 9 years! In fact, most of them aren't as big now as they were when we planted them! We put them on a bank in partial sun in fertile humus-rich soil.

- Thursday, August 23, 2007
Rabbit food
Reviewed By: Winona (Rogersville, Mo)
You failed to mention that rabbits love purple wintercreeper.

- Friday, February 08, 2008
Awesome!
Reviewed By: Lee (E.Bridgewater, MA)
We purchased this product at least 5 years ago. They were little sprigs with roots. I planted just as directed on a northern facing-well drained/dry area of my yard. The plant took about two -three years but is completely filled in and choked out all the weeds and grass! It is a beautiful burgundy all winter and is easy to maintain the length. Just chop it off with a weed wacker! I love it and I have taken the shoots to transplant to other difficult areas of my yard!

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