These ground covers can help reduce soil erosion, suppress weeds, add more visual interest to your lawn.

They fill in bare spots, discourage weeds and erosion, and help prevent the soil from getting parched by the sun. Although ...

While this plant is often used as a ground cover or grass alternative in warm areas, it can also make a gorgeous, flowing ...

Make a splash with fuss-free greenery! A pool should feel like an oasis: cool, calm, and easy to look after. But the wrong plants can turn that dream into a full-time cleaning job. The best poolside ...

If you're thinking of dropping your traditional lawn for kidney weed, it's likely that you'll do so after watching this TikTok. Throughout the whole video, the caption "Alice in Wonderland grass ...

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Callie Works-Leary is the founder of The Dallas Garden School, which offers classes and resources for North Texas gardeners. She is a native of Dallas. If you’re looking to add a pop of color where ...

North Texas gardening expert Neil Sperry, who writes a weekly column in the Star-Telegram, is a wealth of knowledge about keeping your yard and landscape alive and healthy during brutal summers. Here ...

You know that feeling when your lawn looks more patchy than polished? Like your weekend mower hustle just isn’t cutting it—literally? Yeah, we’ve been there. If you’ve ever thought, “There has to be a ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of unicellular organism in seawater collected near Hachijojima Island. The newly discovered species, named Viscidocauda repens, belongs to the ...