Many of us gardeners find a spot of weeding calming, almost meditative. However, this can be less so if you have borders full of nettles or brambles - and let's face it, most gardeners would rather ...

Attracting butterflies to your yard will be a breeze once you plant this lovely flowering ground cover. Better yet, ...

Ground covers can be a lifesaver for bringing color to your gardens and suppressing and outcompeting weeds. Opting for native ground covers that appeal to your local pollinators and birds is even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Various colorful flowers growing across the ground amid grass - Ventura Carmona/Getty Images Filling in empty spots in your garden ...

Shrubs such as Rhus aromatica Gro-Low, a cultivar of fragrant sumac that stays under about two feet high, or even-lower red ...

I love ground covers! I did not realize until recently that there is so much to be learned about this topic. The universal ground cover is, of course, turfgrass. People have been using grasses of one ...

We have an area on our property that we let grow wild. It provides shelter for wildlife, nesting sites and materials for birds, and a home to beneficial insects and other organisms. It is also a place ...

Here are a few plants to test your knowledge. The common name for coreopsis, the state wildflower, is tickseed, due to the ...

Gardeners hear a lot about invasive species and the damage they do to local ecosystems and native plant communities. But native plants can also be aggressive, bullying out weaker, less assertive ...