Ground cover plants are incredibly useful in a garden. Not only do they add colour and texture to otherwise bare spaces, but the dense mats they form help to prevent weeds from taking hold. Many of ...

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Creeping thyme and white clover are among my favorite low-maintenance ground covers, as they are easy to grow from seed, germinate reliably, and grow quickly. They are useful for growing in place of a ...

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Your friend made a great suggestion for a low-maintenance shrub to use as a ground cover for your garden. It is a tough plant that I use for similar purposes. Gro-Low sumac (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low’) ...

Flowering creeping thyme as ground cover - Sahadat Hossain/Getty Images As a master gardener and permaculturalist, I genuinely believe that ground covers are wildly underutilised in the home garden.