Trautvetteria caroliniensis var japonica Mahonia This easy to grow groundcover

This easy to grow groundcover forms a fabulous 1' tall slowly-widening patch

Lantana 'Star Landing' makes a wide-spreading clump to 2' tall x 8' wide

A variegated epimedium

vigorous clumps are topped with 29" spikes of light lavender flowers in midsummer

Trautvetteria caroliniensis var japonica Mahonia This easy to grow groundcover(aka: Trautvetteria japonica) Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. japonica is the Asian counterpart to our East Coast US native false bugbane. Growing in cold regions of northern Japan, this thalictrum relative is found colonizing wetland areas. The slowly stoloniferous rhizomes give rise to serrate green basal leaves, topped from early summer through fall with 2' tall stalks, ending in a corymbs of white thalictrum like frothy flowers. A well grown