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    10 Ground Covers for Shade

    It is often the case that we gardeners find ourselves with a shady corner in our yard where nothing grows. What we long for is one plant that will take…

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    Pull a Design Together With Ground Covers

    The staff at your local garden center works hard to assemble eye-catching displays of colorful perennials, artfully arranged succulents, and architectural grasses. But the ground-cover section is likely an unremarkable,…

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    Planting Ground Covers

    Proper spacing and regular care are the best ways to create a lush, weed-free carpet

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    Flowering Ground Covers

    To blanket an area small or large, these are the perennials to pick

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    Thyme, the Fragrant Ground Cover

    This low-growing herb brightens paths and borders with aromatic foliage and delicate flowers

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    Tough Ground Covers

    These tough and decorative ground covers will fill your garden gaps with style

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    How-To

    Low-Maintenance Alternatives to Lawns

    When you've grown beyond your grass, replace your unused lawn with massed groundcovers or a mix of low growers

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    Creeping Sedums

    These colorful perennials fit into many niches

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    Covering Ground With Creeping Plants

    These herbaceous ground covers spread quickly and are easy-care favorites

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    How-To

    Got a Little Ground to Cover?

    One garden cliché that drives me crazy is that ground covers are rambunctious troublemakers. The problem is that a few aggressive thugs give the entire lot a bad name. Most…