These heat-tolerant ground covers can replace grass in sunny or shady spots while needing less water and maintenance during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Various species of plants grow on a sunny slope - La fotisto/Shutterstock No matter how much of a green thumb you have, gardening ...

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 ...

Whorls of three succulent-like leaves are responsible for this petite perennial sedum’s nickname: three-leaved stonecrop. It tolerates partial shade and is low maintenance once established. Watch for ...

Ground cover plants can fill in the gaps between flowers and shrubs, turning your garden into one cohesive carpet.

For a permanent evergreen ground cover in sun or shade, nothing beats the gorgeous low-growing conifer Siberian Cypress (Microbiota decussata), which grows only 2 feet high but can spread to over 6 ...

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 ...

Clay soil can pose challenges for many gardeners, but that doesn't mean you have to settle for a lackluster landscape. If you have clayey soils, adding one or more of these ground cover plants for ...

Ground cover plants serve many purposes. Yes, they can work simply as handy cover-ups for unsightly - and unstable - areas: a steep dry bank, perhaps, where the earth is constantly being blown away.