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

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

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

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

Light up drought-tolerant gardens, and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, with Salvia Chamaedryoides’ vibrant blue blooms

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

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

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

It's tops at covering lots of ground quickly, but be sure this low evergreen plant doesn't spread where it shouldn't