This sweet-smelling purple flower is a fantastic choice for a ground cover, while not overtaking your entire lawn, either.

While some like the look of Japanese bloodgrass in a landscape, this plant is harmful to the ecosystem. Fortunately, we have some better alternatives.

In response to a recent column on rhubarb I received several emails regarding local success with this plant, such as the following from Chuck Aardema, who gardens in Bellflower. It is a testimonial to ...

Each year, a variety of establishments attempt to make news by predicting annual garden trends. I’m conflicted over these reports because, on the one hand, they are fun ways to ...

Manzanita are native to North America, which doesn’t really say much since North America has many different climate belts and ...

The trees along all the major parade routes get swamped with beads during Mardi Gras. Many of the beads stay in the trees for ...

As you sit underneath the shade of a tree, you are experiencing its canopy firsthand. In technical terms, a tree’s canopy ...

If your flower beds need a little something extra to fill them in, check out these ground covers that can make great ...

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

Grow this ground cover in your yard to solve your weed problems and fill the outdoor space with gorgeous, bright, button-like ...