Varying plant heights not only adds visual depth but also creates opportunities for sustainable gardening practices and supports habitat for wildlife.

A beautiful garden is more than just showstoppers and flashy blooms, but rather a living tapestry of color, texture, and ...

Several additional possibilities would be attractive as a desert garden ground cover. One of these is Achillea tomentosa.

Seed is the least expensive way to start ground cover. And planting ground cover seeds is some of the easiest sowing you'll ever do in your yard or garden.

Perfect ground covers for walkways, garden wallsDurable, low-lying perennials Blue Star creeper in the foreground and Corsican mint to the rear make attractive additions to pathways. Dean Fosdick, AP.

It's important to keep in mind that even though these ground covers can flourish in harsh sun, they may still need occasional watering to continue to grow. That said, they don't need nearly the ...

Flowering ground covers can fill large areas with low-maintenance, high impact blooms. Colorful ground cover flowers brighten your garden.

A. Ground covers for moist, not soggy, shade include autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora) and lady fern (Athyrium filix-femma). Spreading sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia) and holly fern ...

If you're starting to plan your flower beds for this spring and summer, you might want to consider using ground cover to help control weeds.

I would have tall perennials planted and then the ground cover. Most of the time basic spacing ideas were held between the perennials.

Planting Between Garden Beds With Beneficial Ground Covers Some gardeners make the mistake of leaving bare soil between growing areas in their gardens, but bare soil degrades over time.

Ground covers are not only practical but also beautiful: They can suppress certain weeds, protect the soil from drying sun and wind, and bloom attractively. myHOMEBOOK reveals which ground covers ...