Abstract: Through the preliminary investigations on the ground cover plants of gardens in Changchun city, it was reported by the author that there were 95 species of familiar garden ground cover plants in this city at present, belonging to 76 genera of 37 families. In the meanwhile, the author introduced the application of ground cover plants to gardens and their ecologic habits, pointed out the problems present in garden landscape and proposed some suggestions about the exploitations and utilizations of ground cover plants of gardens in Changchun city.

Key words: garden, ground cover plant, investigation, Changchun city