If you have a sloped backyard, it's probably vulnerable to soil erosion. But this ground cover plant is low maintenance and ...

Stop weeds before they start and add beautiful blooms and foliage to your garden with these hardy ground cover options.

Looking for a beautiful, hardy ground cover that's easy to care for? Bearberry, also called kinnickinnick, stays green year-round and has delicate, little white flowers that bloom in spring. Those ...

The most widely planted ground cover in the world is—to no one's surprise—the lawn. But there are very good reasons why you might want something other than grass to carpet the ground. Maybe you hate ...

Flowers of miniature Thyme (Thymus serpyllum 'Minor') as ground cover in a gravel garden. - Fotolinchen/Getty Images Whether it's the hottest part of summer or you have soil that can't hold moisture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hummingbird with white breast and long beak perched on a mossy branch. - Jiri Vlach/Shutterstock Hummingbirds are not only ...

Question: I recently purchased a home in Idaho Falls that is landscaped with shrubs which lose their leaves. When I lived in Oregon most of our shrubs were evergreen. Are there evergreen shrubs and ...

QDo you have any suggestions for an evergreen ground cover for a large shady slope, 70 feet by 10 feet? I don't want pachysandra, ivy or vinca. AFor a space that size, I'd suggest a mosaic of several ...

Raindrop splash, the top cause of garden soil erosion, can be stopped only by plants that grow close to the ground -- called, of course, ground covers. If you have enough sun, lawn is usually the ...

They’re not the tallest plants in the forest, the brightest nor the showiest, yet groups of tiny ground covers still stop Elyse Jurgen on hikes. She snapped a photo in Lancaster County Park of a mix ...

Japanese painted ferns are among the most beautiful ferns and can be used as a ground cover, possibly mixed with Lenten roses Dean Fosdick AP File Photo Practically everybody’s got one. You know, that ...

QUESTION: I have attached a photo of a plant my neighbor has in her yard. It was already planted when she moved here, so we don’t know what it is, but we love it. It almost looks like giant ...