An arid garden area with lots of different ground cover plants - Brebca/Getty Images While you might think of plants that spread through underground rhizomes or above-ground stolons as making the ...

“I have a raised circular bed in my driveway that needs to be planted with something that is easy to grow with low-maintenance requirements. This area has light shade and will occasionally have snow ...

I am looking for an inexpensive and easy-to-grow shrub or ground cover to fill in a large area between my garage and a fence. This area is on the side of my yard and not very visible, so flowers are ...

Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Sumac 'Gro-Low' * Botanical name: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' * What it is: 'Gro-Low' is a low, ...

This dense, low-growing dwarf cultivar of the fragrant sumac has brilliant fall color. Excellent as a ground cover in harsh conditions, it can handle a range of soil conditions as long as its roots ...

Planting on any sloped land is more difficult than flat-ground planting because: 1.) it’s harder to walk and work on a slope; and 2.) the soil is usually poor and thin from erosion. Toughest of all is ...

When I announced to some friends that I was planning to establish a native sumac grove on my property, the first thing I heard was, “Why would you want to plant that trash tree on your property?” I ...