ground-hugging vs low-growing

ground-hugging and low-growing both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ground-hugging	No	Yes	No	No
low-growing	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, ground-hugging and low-growing are synonyms defined as:

ground-hugging and low-growing: of plants that grow relatively low to the ground

Other synonyms of ground-hugging include flat-growing.

ground-hugging (adjective)	low-growing (adjective)
of plants that grow relatively low to the ground	of plants that grow relatively low to the ground