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  • Allegheny Spurge
  • Barren Strawberry
  • Barrenwort
  • Bugleweed
  • Canadian Wild Ginger
  • Candytuft
  • Carpathian Bellflower
  • Catmint
  • Coral Bells
  • Creeping Lily Turf
  • Creeping Speedwell
  • Creeping Thyme
  • Cushion Spurge
  • Daylily
  • Dwarf Plumbago
  • English Ivy
  • European Ginger
  • Foamflower
  • Fragrant Sumac
  • Golden Creeping Charlie
  • Hakone Grass
  • Herman’s Pride Dead Nettle
  • Japanese Spurge
  • Johnson’s Blue Geranium
  • Juniper
  • Lady’s Mantle
  • Lamb’s Ear
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lungwort
  • Periwinkle, Myrtle
  • Plantain Lily
  • Red Dragon Persicaria
  • Scotch Moss
  • Sedum
  • Soapwort
  • Sweet Woodruff
  • Tiny Rubies Carnation
  • Variegated Goutweed
  • Violet
  • White Nancy Spotted Dead Nettle
  • ‘Rozanne’ Geranium

Tiny Rubies Carnation

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Dianthus gratianopolitanus
‘Tiny Rubies’

Popular, low maintenance groundcover. Prefers full sun and grows to one inch tall. Pink flowers from spring into summer. Forms nice neat mounds and resists opening up in the center. Space 6–12 inches apart.Perennial. Hardy in Zone 5.

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