If you're looking for a hardy ground cover that's also almost maintenance-free and doesn't mind a bit of foot traffic, here's ...

This pretty ground cover seems like the perfect addition to the garden, but it comes with serious drawbacks. Once it's ...

Cleverly selecting plants for your garden means you can benefit from both their visual beauty and delicious homegrown ...

If you're looking to attract hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard, there's a perfect a flowering, evergreen ground cover for the job.

No garden is grown in one day. But by incorporating a few ground cover plants into your yard, you'll one step closer! Ground cover plants offer solutions for various landscaping challenges, whether it ...

How do you grow grass in heavy shade? Sorry, it can't be done. Trees and grass both need the sunlight. Trees win! There is a solution though: shade-loving ground ...

In winter, you can see what you might have done differently in the past gardening season. The garden looks bleak and desolate ...

Ground cover often is overlooked when planning a garden. “Ground cover” is a generic name given to a large group of plants with differing textures, cultural needs and growth habits. But they all ...

Many Midwestern homes have areas planted with ground covers. These low-growing, often vigorously spreading plants are generally easier to maintain than grass, but they are not carefree. For example, ...

Weeding and mulching are the two most time-consuming and expensive maintenance steps for most landscape beds, and the least fun. So are cleanup and raking of windfall leaves, sticks, litter and debris ...

The wait — determining which plants will survive and which will die — after our February freeze continues. Dozens of readers are writing in with questions about their ground cover, shrubs, flowers and ...