Ground Covers

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.

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