No matter how much of a green thumb you have, gardening on a slope is tricky. The soil tends to be drier, and watering, weeding, or mowing the area can be challenging. If you've left your sloped yard ...

Landscape fabric may be the go-to weed blocking solution for many gardeners, but this ground cover option looks gorgeous ...

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 ...

Have a shady spot where grass won't grow? There's a ground cover for that. Have a bank that is too steep to mow easily? There's a ground cover for that. Need to fill in a bare spot in your landscape ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...