Eager to give your flower beds a pop of color? Consider using a flowering ground cover to achieve the vibrancy you seek. In addition to filling in gaps in your garden, ground cover plants can suppress ...

Adding a lush ground cover to your flower garden is a great way to keep weeds at bay and complement tall plants. But finding the right fit for an area that receives morning sun and afternoon shade can ...

With the arrival of warmer weather each spring, who can resist the thrill of those little pops of color as trees, bushes, and different types of flowering plants bounce back to life in their vibrant, ...

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Spring is the perfect time to give your garden a visual upgrade by incorporating attractive ground covers. Beyond their beauty, ground cover plants offer various practical benefits, including choking ...

Evergeens can bring color to the landscape while it's cold, and can anchor a good flower garden in the spring and summer. Evergreen ground covers can actually wake a dormant lawn up with patches of ...

I am a freshman in high school, and I have been tracking a purple queen plant (also called purple heart) for the past several weeks as part of a summer assignment for Pre-AP Biology. Would answer some ...

DEAR NEIL: Shade has been increasing in my backyard as the trees have grown larger. I’ve taken out more struggling St. Augustine as I’ve expanded shrub and groundcover beds. What low and mid-sized ...