The following table lists plants with attractive textures, shapes or colours and requiring little maintenance. They are also resistant to insect pests and diseases.
Most of them are readily available from Quebec gardening centres.
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| Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' * |
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| Ajuga reptans and cvs * |
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| Alchemilla mollis |
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| Arabis spp. and cvs |
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| Aruncus aethusifolius |
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| Asarum canadense |
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| Astilbe chinensis 'Pumila' |
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| Aurinia saxatilis and cvs |
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| Bergenia spp. and cvs |
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| Brunnera macrophylla and cvs |
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| Cerastium tomentosum * |
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| Convallaria majalis and cvs * |
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| Dianthus deltoides and cvs |
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| Dicentra formosa and cvs |
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| Epimedium spp. and cvs |
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| Euphorbia cyparissias * |
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| Galium odoratum |
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| Gypsophila repens and cvs |
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| Heuchera x brizoides and cvs |
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| x Heucherella cvs |
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| Hosta spp. and cvs |
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| Lamiastrum galeobdolon and cvs * |
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| Lamium maculatum and cvs * |
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| Lotus corniculatus 'Plenus' * |
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| Lysimachia nummularia and cvs * |
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| Mazus reptans |
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| Myosotis scorpioides 'Semperflorens' * |
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| Oenothera macropcarpa |
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| Pachysandra terminalis |
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| Phlox subulata |
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| Pulmonaria spp. |
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| Sedum kamtschaticum |
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| Sedum spurium and cvs |
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| Stachys byzantina |
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| Thymus serpyllum and cvs |
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| Tiarella cordifolia |
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| Veronica prostrata |
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| Vinca minor and cvs * |
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| Waldsteinia ternata |
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| FERNS |
| Cystopteris bulbifera |
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| Matteucia strupthiopteris |
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| Onoclea sensibilis * |
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| Thelypteris nevoborescensis |
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| Thelypteris palustris * |
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| Thelypteris phegopteris * |
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| GRASSES |
| Carex flacca |
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| Carex nigra |
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| Luzula sylvatica and cvs |
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| SHRUBS |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and cvs |
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| Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi' |
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| Cotoneaster dammeri 'Lowfast' |
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| Cytisus decumbens |
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| Euonymus nanus |
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| Genista pilosa 'Gold Flash' |
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| Hedera helix 'Bulgaria' |
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| Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' |
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| Juniperus horizontalis and cvs |
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| Microbiota decussata |
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| Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' |
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| Rosa 'Alba Meidiland' |
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| Rosa 'The Fairy' |
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| Salix repens 'Voorthuizen' |
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| Spirea japonica série 'Carpet' |
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| Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' |
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