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 ...

When you feel like tossing a big rug over your yard and calling it a day, an easy-care groundcover could be just what you need. These dependable, hardworking plants grow densely to carpet the ground ...

Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a versatile, native groundcover ideal for shade gardens, offering beauty, pollinator ...

Just because you are planting in the shade, it does not mean that you want boring or drab ground cover. While it can be a unique challenge, growing in shaded areas will add beauty and life to all ...

Hostas (Hosta spp.) are a great ground cover option under shade trees, and they spread via clumping rhizomes rather than invasive roots. Hostas provide tons of big, glossy foliage from spring to fall, ...

Deer can wreak havoc on your garden so growing deer-resistant groundcovers can be a good way to avoid browsing damage. What makes these plants unattractive to deer—prickly or hairy stems or leaves, a ...

When a grass lawn is not suitable or preferable for your garden, a groundcover is often a good choice. Groundcovers protect the soil, prevent erosion on a slope, and discourage weeds from taking hold ...

There probably never will be a grass that grows well in shade. Alternatives that are effective and much less frustrating include hard-surface materials such as decomposed granite, flagstone, lava ...

Dear Neil: Shade has been increasing in my backyard as the trees have grown larger. I’ve taken out more struggling St. Augustine as I’ve expanded shrub and groundcover beds. What low and mid-sized ...

The usual reason to replace one of the lawn grasses with another type of groundcover is because there is too much shade to support a grass variety. Even the most shade-tolerant grass, St. Augustine, ...

A. Mondo grass (monkey grass) and English ivy are good shade groundcovers. Check with neighbors to see what has been successful for them. I also have Asian jasmine and purple wintercreeper in shade ...

English ivy and liriope are used as groundcover where turf would be impossible. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram When I tell you that I was there when groundcovers made their entrance into ...