A big part of creating a shade garden is picking out ground cover plants to brighten up the ground beneath trees and in corners sheltered from sun exposure. Shade plants thrive out of the sun and ...

Capitalize on every inch of your backyard, from sun to shade, with these ground cover ideas to fill otherwise empty areas.

If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary ...

Q: Our neighbor has a large magnolia tree that casts very heavy shade into our yard ... to grow either turfgrass or hostas there. What ground cover would have the best chance of succeeding?