Ground cover

If you live in a frost-free region, be sure to include Euphorbia in your rock garden. This amazing family of succulents comes in a seemingly endless selection of shapes, sizes, and colors.

Meet 20 evergreen groundcover plants that are beautiful all year long. Some are suited to full sun, others are best for shade. Many also produce flowers.

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Many of us have a love-hate relationship with our lawns. Although we enjoy the cool carpet of green grass to lie on and play on in summer, no one wants to spend hours every weekend mowing and trimming—not to mention battling weeds, insects, and fungus, and aerating, feeding, watering, and seeding. Turf lawns take a lot of time and money to maintain. They require the use of precious water resources to keep them alive, and the pesticides and herbicides we apply to them can damage the…

Lamium, with its silver-marked foliage, brightens a shady corner. This groundcover plant reaches 6-8 inches tall but spreads twice as wide. #gardening #gardentips #gardenplants #groundcover #groundcoverplants #landscaping #bhg

These hardworking landscape plants make gorgeous ground covers, whether you want to fill in gaps or replace turf grass completely.

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Learn how foot traffic, soil type, and full sun exposure all play a major role when deciding which ground cover plants to use around stepping stones and flagstone patios. Decide if creeping plants like sedum, elfin thyme, or blue star creeper are right for your yard. #groundcover #plants #pavers

15 Impossible-to-Kill Outdoor Plants | Even at the height of summer, this low-maintenance plant rarely needs to be watered. And because there is a seemingless endless variety of sedum available, ranging from low-growing groundcovers to upright bloomers, the best plant to pair beside sedum, is, well, more sedum. #gardening #outdoorplants #hardyplants #realsimple