Ground cover plants can fill gaps in your garden, while also helping with moisture retention and weed control. This one is a ...

Don't mix cold temperatures and wet soil. Come summer, trailing ice plant is a low-maintenance and very drought-tolerant ground cover. After watering regularly to get it established, you can cut ...

After all, covering the ground with a blanket of ... compacting beneath the weight of snow or ice. Shredded leaves and compost provide good winter cover for perennials and bulbs as these plants ...

The most obvious reason to plant ground cover plants is to cover unsightly patches of bare soil. But there are lots of other reasons you might want to add ground cover plants to your garden.

Five things to do in the garden: 1. Plant a Spanish shawl. There is no ground cover more captivatingly beautiful than Spanish shawl (Centradenia floribunda). I first saw it in a nursery on a cart ...

It's Soft Underfoot: Unlike some other ground covers, creeping thyme can handle light foot traffic and feels soft on bare feet, like walking on a garden cloud. It Offers Year-Round Appeal ...