Ticks are an incredibly annoying and dangerous pest. If you want to help prevent them from setting up shop in your yard, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman watering her flower garden with a hose - Mariia Boiko/Shutterstock Using a ground cover plant can be a wonderful and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain Pachysandra ground cover - Laura Sultan/Shutterstock If you want a yard filled with trees and carpeted with lush green ...

Question: I am considering planting purple winter creeper, pachysandra or goutweed at the base of a large oak tree in my backyard because, although the grass there is sparse, I want to eliminate the ...

Q.: Do you think pachysandra or Bishop's weed groundcover (or both) would eventually choke out shrubs, bulbs and flowers? A 23-year-old hydrangea I have is dead as a door name. Also, my hollyhocks, ...

Spring is the perfect time to give your garden a visual upgrade by incorporating attractive ground covers. Beyond their beauty, ground cover plants offer practical benefits, including choking out ...

Q: I know that pachysandra is not one of your favs, but can you help me with a problem that I'm having with my pachysandra bed, which has large patches of sick and dying plants? A: Pachysandra, like ...