Everyone can recall delightful spring pictures of daffodils blooming amid groundcovers of pachysandra, English ivy, or vinca. Perhaps the unforgettable blues of scilla, muscari, and chionodoxa, popping up among covers
A low-growing perennial that will grow in either sun or shade is a new variety of ajuga or bugle-weed known as “Rainbow”. Noted for its dark, bronzy-green foliage, which combines
Wherever your particular problem spot—a bone-dry area where lawn grasses shrivel in July heat, a shady spot beloved on August afternoons, a sloping, sandy bank which the least downpour grooves
My Garden was designed for quiet and leisure. No power mower comes into it, for there is no grass to cut. Instead, it is carpeted by a collection of groundcovers.
Oconee bells (Shortia galacifolia) are extremely rare in nature and have an exciting history of discovery, loss, and rediscovery. These are but added allurements to the inherent charm of the
A bank skirting the street can often be a problem spot. Sowing it to the lawn is impractical because of the inconvenience of mowing a slope. Grass and creeping ground
In many of our gardens, some situations prevent the successful growth of the rank and file of popular garden plants. Most of us are familiar with such trouble areas as
Most of us are familiar with Portulaca grandiflora, sometimes known as rose-moss. It produces patches of red, yellow, pink, orange, or white flowers all summer in the hottest and driest
A ground cover is a low-growing, often evergreen plant used in place of grass, pebbles, a mulching material, or earth in a spot that might otherwise be unsightly. It often