While creeping and spreading plants make beautiful ground covers for flower beds, natural areas, or foundation plantings, they also bring lots of charm when used to fill container gardens and pots.

Evergreen ground cover plants add color to the winter garden while performing important ecological services. Discover hardy perennials and shrubs that add color and texture to the landscape all year ...

If you have a garden plot that you are “done with” for the year and want to let it rest during the winter, but also want to do something with it that will put it in better shape come next spring, ...

Looking to find cover crops for gardens? Learn when to plant cover crops and which ones are best for each season.2 The raised garden beds at Wild Abundance are built in the shape of a large leaf. The ...

When planning a garden, I always start by thinking in layers. Varying plant heights not only adds visual depth but also creates opportunities for sustainable gardening practices and supports habitat ...

Gardeners searching for a hardy, low-maintenance ground cover that prevents bare spots while still adding beauty will enjoy the appearance and ease of this perennial, which forms a dense mat of ...

Common vetch, a winter annual legume that flowers from April to July, performs well as a self-seeding cover crop. After chickens: A garden area that was full of mature cover crops just two weeks ...

Early on, we're trained not to walk on plants - to tiptoe through the tulips and stick to the sidewalks. But there's no need to be so careful all the time. A number of resilient ground covers happily ...

Cover crops are literally a green blanket for the soil. They are fast-growing plants grown in garden/field spaces opened after harvest. Cover crop plants serve to increase nutrients, introduce organic ...