Flowering ground covers can fill large areas with low-maintenance, high impact blooms. Colorful ground cover flowers brighten your garden.

Other relatively trouble-free ground cover plants include Ajuga reptans, astilbe, ... snow-in-summer will fill a sunny site in just one season but will also take over everything else.

If plants already have been damaged by snow or ice, there is not much you can do other than to prune off any branches that are a safety hazard. You will need to wait until the ground thaws to ...

Two ground covers that are on the U.C. Davis arboretum All Stars list — a list of 100 plants that grow well with little maintenance and water — are snow in summer, and dianthus “firewitch.” ...

The plants form attractive clumps of ivy, lance, or heart-shaped foliage. There are currently more than 20 species of cyclamen, but hardy cyclamen typically is considered the easiest to grow.

You should apply the seed when there’s no snow on the ground, and do the seeding when the ground is not frozen, so you can get some loose soil over the seeds.

During the first weekend of February, I planted snow peas, lettuce seeds, and spinach directly into the ground. Average temperatures in mid-February are in the low 60s and in a month the average ...