Discover easy-care perennials that spread fast, filling your garden with vibrant color and lush texture all season long.

Q: I just had my slope stripped — Brazilian peppers had invaded, and they choke out everything. It is a good-sized slope and I am looking for economical and maintenance free ground cover/bushes to ...

Donna Foster, who lives in East Long Beach near the CSULB campus, emailed me concerning a sunny slope, nearly bare, that needs planting. She was thinking of broadcasting seeds and wanted to know my ...

Not all areas of your yard are conducive to a grassy lawn, and that’s where ground cover comes in. Defined as a grouping of usually low-growing plants that spread over an entire area, ground cover ...

In the High Country, there are four basic types of perennial garden sites. The first is the dry, sunny hillside site; the second is the open meadow/house site; the third is the wooded garden; and ...