Creeping Charlie Seed (Ground Ivy)

🌿 Shade Champion – thrives under trees and in low-light areas
🍃 Low-Growing & Spreading – naturally fills bare spots and thin lawns
🌎 Eco-Friendly Alternative – reduces mowing, watering, and chemical use
🐾 Soft, Pet & Family Safe – gentle groundcover for play areas
🌸 Pollinator Friendly – spring blooms attract bees and beneficial insects
💪 Tough & Self-Repairing – handles foot traffic and rebounds quickly
🌦️ Versatile – grows in sun, shade, moist, and average soils

“A soft, spreading, shade-loving groundcover that fills in where lawns can’t.”

Why Homeowners Love Creeping Charlie

Transform patchy, difficult areas into a lush, low-maintenance carpet with Creeping Charlie, also known as Ground Ivy. This classic creeping plant spreads gently to form a dense, soft mat of green leaves with charming lavender-blue flowers in spring. Perfect for shady lawns, under trees, along fences, and anywhere grass struggles, Creeping Charlie brings life, color, and resilience to spaces traditional turf just can’t handle.

Once established, this vigorous groundcover naturally fills bare areas, suppresses weeds, and requires little care. It stays low, handles foot traffic, and thrives in shade or partial sun. Whether used alone as a lawn alternative or seeded into thin patches to add coverage and texture, Creeping Charlie offers a beautiful, eco-friendly solution for homeowners wanting a softer, greener landscape.

As part of our Creeping Wonders™ collection, it’s family-safe, pollinator-friendly, and 100% natural — a smart replacement for high-maintenance turfgrass in challenging spots.

Where It Grows Best

• Under trees
• Shady or partially shaded lawns
• Along walkways and garden edges
• Damp or hard-to-grow problem areas
• As a full lawn alternative or mixed into existing grass

Planting Overview

Light: Shade to partial sun

Soil: Prefers moist, rich soil but adapts easily

Sowing: Press lightly into soil — do not bury deeply

Water: Keep moist for first 2–3 weeks; drought-tolerant once established

Growth Habit: Low, spreading, fast to fill

Bloom Time: Early to mid-spring (bee-friendly purple flowers!)

The Earthwise Promise

We believe in beautiful landscapes that work with nature. Creeping Charlie is a resilient, shade-loving groundcover that reduces lawn maintenance, supports pollinators, and thrives without chemicals — a simple, natural solution for greener living.

Growing Zone 

Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) is a hardy groundcover best suited to cooler and moderate climates across the United States. It thrives in moist soils and partial shade and is most reliable in regions with mild summers and consistent moisture.

Planting Instructions 

Bare soil vs. overseeding matters — but both are possible.

All Earthwise seed mixes can be planted into prepared bare soil or overseeded into an existing lawn. The right approach depends on your starting point, timeline, and goals.

• Bare soil planting offers the fastest, most uniform establishment
• Overseeding allows your lawn to transition naturally over time, working with your existing grass and soil ecosystem

Identifying whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing what’s already growing will help you get the best results.