If you're tired of mowing and maintaining hard-to-care-for grass lawns, you may want to learn how to grow a low maintenance ...

If you've planted some lovely, fragrant creeping thyme under your shade trees and you're frustrated because it's just not doing well, there could be a good reason for this. While creeping thyme ...

Planting ground covers between pavers can add a delicate, organic element to your patios, walkways, and garden borders.

You can’t air condition the outdoors—but you can lower the temperature with some thoughtful landscaping decisions. If you ...

A carpet of ground cover plants will cover unsightly bare soil and help suppress weeds – here are some top options to choose from ...

Some of the nonnative plants include Little John bottlebrush from Australia, bulbine from South Africa, catmint and quince ...

Sun, shade, dry or moist soil—it doesn't much care as long ... Some are tinged with purple in winter. Creeping thyme produces a carpet of flowers in summer and has a wonderful, savory scent the rest ...

It can grow in partial sun to full shade and in poor or rich soil ... Other ground covers that prevent weeds from taking over and are easy to control include creeping thyme, elfin thyme, and Irish ...