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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take your surroundings to another level by introducing the element of sound with ground covers, water features and wind catchers