Capitalize on every inch of your backyard, from sun to shade, with these ground cover ideas to fill otherwise empty areas.

No garden is complete without some great ground covers! In today's video we explore the Golden Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'). This phenomenal ground cover is highly versatile, able to ...

Here are five things to do in the garden: Thyme. Thyme is the most cold-hardy herb and is therefore suitable for the fall and winter garden. Even if it should die back in a hard freeze, it will regrow ...

* What it is: The Pennsylvania-native heath-aster variety of ‘Snow Flurry’ is one of the season’s last perennials to bloom, nearly covering the plants for weeks in snowflake-like, white, daisy flowers ...

For Kasey McBlais, a 42-year-old single mom who lives in Maine with her two elementary school-aged children, the cost of running a household is only getting more expensive, from buying groceries to ...

Boost the bee and pollinator appeal of your lawn by incorporating microclover, self-heal, creeping thyme, crocus, grape hyacinths and other bee-friendly flowering plants in your lawn. You’ll create ...

SHADE: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource. By Sam Bloch. Random House. 336 pages. $32. The cities of ancient Mesopotamia were oases for travelers trying to escape the sun’s heat. Urban shade ...

The U.S. economy is looking resilient based on recent data, but cracks are starting to show for certain companies – and that could be bad news for investors chasing yield. Earlier this week, the ...

Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum) is nature's answer to the high-maintenance lawn. This low-growing perennial herb forms dense, mat-like spreads that rarely exceed 3 inches in height, making it an ...