GROUND COVER

Top tropical ground covers for landscaping include fast-spreading, lush options like Ipomoea pes-caprae (railroad vine) with pink flowers, Wedelia (Sphagneticola trilobata) for dense yellow-flowered mats, and the hardy Arachis pintoi (pinto peanut). These plants provide excellent erosion control and a lush, green, low-maintenance, weed-suppressing carpet.