Pachysandra is a popular ground cover, but is it the right choice for your garden? Here's a look at the best grass ...

These hardworking landscape plants make gorgeous ground covers, whether you want to fill in gaps or replace turf grass ...

If you're looking to add some color and life to your yard, but have a history of killing every plant that you put into the ...

An evergreen perennial to about 15cm in height, that spreads by rooting stems (stolons), forming a wide mat of deep purple-tinged, dark green spoon-shaped leaves with a red edge. Erect spikes of dark ...

Ground cover plants can be a great way to suppress weed growth in gardens and in some cases even replace turfgrass lawns. Bugleweed, also known as ajuga (Ajuga spp.), is a popular ground cover option ...

Whether covering a slope, enhancing the area beneath a tree, or tucked into corners of your flower bed, flowering ground covers are great for filling out hard-to manage spaces, and are often ...

Flowering plants: Other pollen and nectar producers that are recommended and do well here are: Asters, angelicas, ...

Although Japanese spirea is a beautiful shrub, it is considered invasive in many U.S. states. Here are some beautiful, native ...

One unique thing about these trials is that plants are grown in landscape beds instead of rows, which offers a botanic garden ...

The diversity of plant species is astonishing. Even plants in familiar genera can surprise us. Take the Quercus genus, which ...

The staghorn sumac is a sensory delight, from its toothed leaf edges to its fuzzy fruit and young stems. Though it is related ...

In addition to its human admirers, the lupine plant attracts pollinators to its tubular flowers of white, pink, red, yellow, blue, or purple. Most lupine varieties sold today are hybrids of the ...