The moment the first cool breeze sweeps through your yard, something magical starts happening in the garden. Plants shift gears, colors deepen, and hidden changes unfold beneath the surface—especially ...

What is a groundcover, anyway? A groundcover is a plant that spreads to cover the ground. It eliminates weeds by shading the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado summers include marathon stretches of hot, dry, sunny days, but there is relief to be found wherever a tree, fence or building casts a shadow. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kristyn Greenfield likes to plant two or three kinds of groundcovers, mixing colors and textures, and plant other perennials ...

Selecting native plants and groundcovers to replace turfgrass provides a low-maintenance, low-cost alternative to traditional lawns and reflects good neighborhood stewardship of land and water.

Let's face it. A truly green lawn has long been the ideal of an iconic suburban landscape for many. But having a lawn looking green takes a lot of water, fertilizer, mowing and maintenance to keep it ...

When you feel like tossing a big rug over your yard and calling it good, often what you really need is the right groundcover plants. These dependable, hardworking species grow densely to carpet the ...

Two eastern natives that fill that bill are ones that aren’t on many radars: golden ragwort (a.k.a. “golden groundsel”) and ...

Join us on a captivating journey through the world of hardy sedum groundcovers as we provide updates and division tips after 2 years of growth. In this comprehensive video, we'll explore the beauty, ...

We have been blessed with some rain and cool weather, but it still looks likely that we are going to reach Stage 3 drought restrictions this summer. A landscape that needs less water looks more and ...

Because intense rain, wind and heat can drain away valuable topsoil, one way to increase soil health is to cover it, according to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. To keep your soil ...