Lawns might be the most popular, but they are not the only ground cover available. Here are the 25 best ground cover plants ...

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Michael Weishan visited Stonegate Gardens in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where landscape designer Susan Redmond discussed some Best Bets for shade-loving ground covers.

If you're tired of looking at these dark patches of dirt, consider growing these shade-loving ground covers. Ground covers have so much to offer in the garden—they choke out weeds, control soil ...

The shade-loving rhizomatous crested iris These spreading evergreen irises produce pale, orchidlike blooms in spring. The 18- to 24-inch, slightly arching fans of the crested iris "Nada" like shade.

Native to temperate regions across Europe, periwinkle is an impressive ground cover plant that will thrive wherever it is planted. Growing best from US hardiness zone 3 to zone 9, periwinkle will ...

Ground covers are a low-maintenance way to fill in gaps in your landscape, and green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) is a shade-loving variety that is easy to grow.

When an area has dense shade, a shade-loving ground cover may be your only real alternative due to the sun requirements of turfgrasses.

And, over time, perennial ground covers take less maintenance than grass and are less costly. Most ground covers are perennials but there are some shrubs that serve this purpose too.