Clay soil can pose challenges for many gardeners, but that doesn’t mean you have to settle for a lackluster landscape. If you ...

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

Transforming empty patches in your yard into lush, colorful carpets is easier than you might think with flowering ground ...

Grass might be the ultimate walkable ground cover plant, but even traditional lawns will wear out with too much foot traffic. Think about those brown play areas in your backyard, or how permissive ...

Nearly every lawn or garden has one — a bare, ugly spot where nothing seems to grow well. Maybe the spot gets too much sun, or too much shade. Perhaps the soil is too sandy, rocky or full of clay for ...

Ground cover plantings don't have to be only green. There are several excellent choices of flowering ground covers to use in the sun, as well as some for shade where the grass will not grow. Ajuga ...

Ground covers can sometimes be thought of as the stepchildren of the garden, and it's easy to focus on their largely utilitarian function. There are nonetheless some strikingly beautiful selections ...

Ground cover is the glue that holds the garden together, the mortar between the bricks, the landscaping texture you'd plant under trees and shrubs. In other words, it is the creative alternative to ...

Flirt nandinas are very low-growing types that stay at 18 to 20 inches tall. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram This would be a great time to get a new ground cover bed started. Nurseries have ...