Protect your soil from weeds and drought this summer with a living mulch of ground covers

Use them as problem solvers, weed killers, color and texture providers ... ground cover plants have both practical and visual appeal

It’s highly adaptable, suppresses weeds, reduces erosion and provide weeks of bright flowers. Just watch for invasiveness

Let these landscape plants do the dirty work of choking out weeds while you sit back and enjoy the view

Learn about some of the only low, spreading plants that are reliably deer-resistant

Add texture and evergreen interest to a layered garden with this low-maintenance, good-looking ground cover

Sun beating down on your sandy gravel? Thick shade darkening your clay soil? There’s a ground cover here for you

Swap some lawn for these drought-tolerant clumping plants — and watch your maintenance efforts diminish while they easily grow

Create a carpet of color in your landscape with one or more of these sun-loving plants

These low-growing succulents create interest in the drought-tolerant garden