Someone planting a ground cover plant in fresh soil - Chet_w/Getty Images While ground cover plants are often referred to as living mulch because they'll eventually spread and cover the soil with a ...

They’re not the tallest plants in the forest, the brightest nor the showiest, yet groups of tiny ground covers still stop Elyse Jurgen on hikes. She snapped a photo in Lancaster County Park of a mix ...

Probably the most appealing aspect of all ground covers, in addition to their trouble-free nature, is their ability to act as living mulch, keeping the soil moist while insulating companion plants ...

Good ground covers serve several uses for a gardener. Like mulch, ground covers shade the soil. This cools the plant roots in hot weather and also reduces watering needs. The ground covers reduce the ...

Ground cover plants are a great way to protect your garden from weeds. Often referred to as "living mulch," ground covers take sunlight, nutrients, and water from weeds -- suppressing their growth in ...

The end of summer is the best time to reseed thin spots in the lawn. The weather is cooling off at night, and if you get the task done by mid-September, the grass seed will have plenty of time to ...

A long-lasting mulch option can boost your garden's look and performance, but it comes with trade-offs worth weighing before ...

Weeding otherwise bare and unused ground is no fun. Nor is weed whacking. Mulching inhibits future weed growth, but requires occasional replenishment. For many situations, ground cover plants are more ...

If you have been considering adding ground covers to your landscape, now through March is an excellent time to plant them. Planting early will provide ground covers with a chance to become somewhat ...

In no ecosystem on the planet do the trees shed their bark and spread it evenly on the ground. Bark mulch is ugly, useless and even harmful to your plants. In decomposing, wood steals nitrogen from ...