§ 37-963 Selection list for ground covers and shrubs
ZR § 37-963
GROUND COVERS
BOTANICAL NAME
COMMON NAME
Asclepias tuberosum
Butterfly Weed
Calamagrostis stricta
Slimstem Reedgrass
Comptonia peregrina
Sweetfern
Cortaderia selloana “Pumilla”
Dwarf Pampas Grass
Euonymus coloratus
Euonymus
Festuca glauca
Blue Fescue Grass
Juniperus horizentalis
Creeping Juniper
Hibiscus moscheutos
Swamp Rose Mallow*
Iris pallida
Sweet Iris
Iris sibirica
Siberian Iris
Iris versicolor
Blue Flag Iris
SHRUBS
Abeliax grandiflora
Glossy Abelia
Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Andromeda polifolia
Bog-rosemary
Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Black Chokeberry
Baccharis halimifolia
Eastern Baccharis
Betula nana
Dwarf Birch
Betula pumila
Bog Birch
Calluna vulgaris
Scotch Heather
Castanea pumila
Chinkapin
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
Chamaecyparis spp.
Chamaecyparis
Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet
Cornus sericea
Redtwig Dogwood
Cornus sericea “Flaviramea”
Yellowtwig Dogwood
Cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry Cotoneaster
Daphne cneorum
Rose Daphne
Daphne caucasica
Caucasian Daphne
Ericacarnea
Spring Heath
Euonymus fortunei
Wintercreeper Euonymus
Eubotrys racemosa
Swamp Doghobble
Gaylussaciabrachycera
Box Huckleberry
Hydrangea quercifolia
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Ilex crenata
Japanese Holly
Ilex glabra
Inkberry
Ilex verticillata
Winterberry
Itea virginica“Henry’s Garnet”
Virginia Sweetspire
Juniperus procumbens
Japgarden Juniper
Juniperus sabina
Savin Juniper
Juniperus squamata
Singleseed Juniper
Kalmia angustifolia
Sheep Laurel
Ledum groenlandicum
Labrador Tea
Leiophyllum buxifolium
Box Sandmyrtle
Leucothoe racemosa
Sweetbells Leucothoe
Microbiota decussata
Russian Arborvitae
Myrica gale
Sweetgale
Paxistima canbyi
Canby Paxistima
Pieris floribunda
Mountain Pieris
Rhododendron canadense
Rhodora
Rhododendron viscosum
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron atlanticum
Coast Azalea
Rhus aromatica “Gro-Lo”
Gro-Lo Sumac
Rosa Palustris
Swamp Rose
Spirea x bumaldi ”Anthony Waterer”
Goldflame Spirea
Vaccinium macrocarpon
American Cranberry
Zenobia pulverenta
Dusty Zenobia
Asian Longhorn Beetle quarantine species - planting not recommended in parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
