Ground cover plants provide a unique way to beautify your yard, but they also help gardeners by tackling weed growth, and one ...

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 ...

Ground covers are heroes in the garden—they prevent weeds, control erosion, and protect the roots of neighboring plants. Plus, these low-maintenance plants are often grown as a sustainable alternative ...

A carpet of ground cover plants will cover unsightly bare soil and help suppress weeds with little maintenance ...

These hardworking landscape plants make gorgeous ground covers, whether you want to fill in gaps or replace turf grass ...

Spruce up your lawn with fast-growing ground covers like Ajuga, Clover, and Creeping Phlox that add color and require little ...

"Black Scallop" has round, shiny midnight-purple foliage. Epimedium is an easy evergreen to semi-evergreen ground cover that grows in full to partial shade, even in the dry shade under a mature shade ...

And they're really low-maintenance!

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In the garden, fast-growing ground covers still deliver a dual purpose. They help tame weeds, retain soil ...

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.

Weeding is one of the most thankless jobs in the garden, but planting these ground cover flowers can reduce it to just once a ...