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Landscaping Basics
Creeping Plants: What They Are, Examples, Uses
There Is Nothing Weird About These Kinds of "Creepers"
BY DAVID BEAULIEU
Updated 04/19/17
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Image of a creeping phlox with lavender-colored flowers.
It's a classic look: a creeping plant (here, the creeping phlox called Phlox subulata) spilling over a stone wall. David Beaulieu
Creeping plants or "creepers" are generally considered to be small, viny plants that grow close to the ground. They are sometimes called "procumbent," as well.
In cases where their vines are long enough and you wish to have them climb a structure, you need to guide them (train them) and secure them to a support if they are to achieve much height at all. In this sense, they differ from "climbers," which are another class of vine.
