Like the invasive ice plant, Delosperma cooperi prefers hot, dry conditions. It's best grown in full sun in cold hardiness zones 6 through 10. Although a perennial, the foliage can be evergreen in ...

Lamium maculatum 'Purple Dragon' is an attractive ground cover, but common gardening mistakes will keep it from thriving in ...

Lawns might be the most popular, but they are not the only ground cover available. Here are the 25 best ground cover plants ...

Purple wintercreeper gets its name because the plants deep green Summer color fades to a reddish purple during the winter months. It’s a good ground-cover option for North Texas, says gardening ...

A list of ground cover plants that work well under trees.

You ask how you can best grow grass under trees. Simple answer: forget it. Trees suck up moisture and nutrients and prevent sunlight from reaching grass. In return, grass withers and dies. You repl… ...

A surfer slides past Lighthouse Point on a recent morning as purple ice plant flowers hang from the cliff. The ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) is a coastal succulent shrub native to South Africa, wh… ...

In two or three years, the ground covers spread, creating your own nursery to dig and plant elsewhere or share. Native ground cover plants for shade — Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) is helpful ...

The gorgeous cast of The Color Purple adaptation graces the cover of Essence Magazine’s November/December holiday issue. The star-studded lineup includes Black Hollywood heavy-hitters Danielle ...

About 10 years ago, we traded our fescue for UC Verde buffalograss. The transformation took several months, but our grass has held up well against the 100+ degree summers.

Let me count the ways mondograss wins as a ground cover in shady locations. It’s readily available. In fact, you can often find people who want to share it because they’re changing a bed over ...