Ground covers — low-growing plants that mat, sprawl, trail, or clump on the ground — play a valuable role in the landscape.

Where hardscape doesn’t exist, use a lawn edger or shovel to cut into the grass or dirt along your spray paint line to create ...

Busy gardeners love the words "low-maintenance". We all want our flower beds to burst with color and attract pollinators aplenty and giving plants regular drinks from the hose is yet another ...

Add these pretty—and pretty easy—blooms to your beds and borders. DonaldMorgan / GETTY IMAGES A garden full of beautiful, vibrant blooms doesn't always require hours of weeding, pruning, and watering: ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Native to Africa, geraniums (Pelargonium spp) are low-maintenance flowers that come in colors ranging ...

(WKOW) — Fill a few spaces, garden beds and containers with easy care flowers to cut and enjoy in bouquets and arrangements. The compact Victoria Salvia (Salvia farinacea ‘Victoria Blue’) provides ...

Perennials are a popular option for flower gardens, and for good reason—they come back on their own. But there’s another option to bring flowering annuals into your garden that don’t need to be ...

A smaller lawn means less work. Areas of low maintenance ground covers are a great lawn substitute, and now is still a good time to plant them. (NOLA.com|The Times Picayune file photo) What is a "low ...

Drift roses are a great new series of low-growing landscape roses that have been chosen as "Louisiana Super Plant" selections for fall 2013. Fall is a great time to plant roses. They establish ...

Gardeners tend to seek out flowers that are low-maintenance in their landscape, but they also want them to last spring through fall. “Actually, it’s possible to select plants that will perform this ...