You might not think of an herb as a groundcover, but this plant creates a dense mat of low-growing foliage, topped by pretty white, pink or purple flowers in late spring. This perennial spreads ...

Woman in the garden with freshly harvested herbs - VH-studio/Shutterstock There are multiple reasons to scour around the local nurseries for ground covers. Some you can plant to help choke out ...

Q: I’ve been perplexed with a plant that my mother threw out decades ago which is spreading as a groundcover in the woods. Can you identify it, and should it be removed or eradicated? — Joan B., ...

FOR THOSE OF you who garden on a grand scale or have limited abilities, groundcovers make low-maintenance gardening possible. Nature abhors a void. If there is empty space, nature will fill it, ...

Let's take look at another lovely ground cover, the golden oregano. This sun loving, drought tolerant ground cover will ...

Weeding and mulching are the two most time-consuming and expensive maintenance steps for most landscape beds, and the least fun. So are cleanup and raking of windfall leaves, sticks, litter and debris ...

With varieties native to North America, tolerance to frigid temperatures down to minus 40 degrees F, and nearly 500 species described, this plant subverts all expectations of a succulent. Also known ...

That can be true, because one of the best ways to discourage weeds is to put plants you like better there first, especially ones that cover the ground densely. With your choices taking up space, there ...

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, ...

Fall is just a few days away, but gardening season isn’t over yet. We’re still getting plenty of questions to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...