From weed suppression to visual cohesion, ground covers are the hard-working backbone of your garden. Here are our favorite fast-growing ground cover plants.

In landscaping, ground cover plants usually refers to low-lying plants with a creeping or spreading habit, often evergreen and with twiggy dense growth. But the truth is, any plant that’s no more than ...

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 ...

Too much shade? No problem! We found shade ground cover plants that are perfect for every type of garden and landscape.

Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) is an evergreen ground cover that spreads low and stays compact, growing just 2 to 3 inches tall and 3 to 12 inches wide. Its tiny leaves create a dense, soft mat that ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether it's the hottest part of summer or you have soil that can't hold moisture to save its life, you might feel you're doomed to have a ...