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Groundcovers may be the most underrated category of plants out there. These low growing perennials may not be as flashy as a Hydrangea or offer fragrant blooms like a Butterfly Bush, but their role in ...

While they often fade into the background of your gardenscape, ground cover plants are actually a star feature in any yard. These often low-maintenance plants offer several benefits, including ...

A bare patch of soil rarely stays bare for long. Weeds move in, moisture escapes, and borders can look unfinished even when ...

A thriving perennial garden with a range of flowers and shrubs - Visut Apiwatamon/Shutterstock Ground covers are a brilliant way to suppress weeds and add more color and diversity to your yard.

Side yards often get ignored, collecting weeds, forgotten tools, and a general sense of “we’ll deal with it later.” Yet that ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about filling gaps in the garden. Not among the solutions was the suggestion of groundcovers - horizontal gardening. Added benefits are that many of these plants are ...

Kristyn Greenfield likes to plant two or three kinds of groundcovers, mixing colors and textures, and plant other perennials between them so the groundcovers don’t end up eventually growing together.

When a grass lawn is not suitable or preferable for your garden, a groundcover is often a good choice. Groundcovers protect the soil, prevent erosion on a slope, and discourage weeds from taking hold ...

“No Mow May,” a movement that encourages homeowners to let their grass grow in May to create habitat and forage for early season pollinators and to help the environment, is right around the corner. It ...