It's true! We've found 10 amazing ground-covering plants you can plop right next to hostas that will gladly set up shop and cover every bare spot you've got. We'll go over what it is about them ...

Dear Roger: Will hostas grow under scrub oaks and pine trees? I need something for a year-round ground cover. Will hostas live in sandy, dry soil?- Shady lady in Fayetteville Dear Shady lady ...

Regular watering once or twice each week will likely be needed again during the first growing season that these hostas are in their new home. Q: I need to cover a grassy slope at the edge of my ...

Some hostas can grow more than 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide, so make sure you choose compact or dwarf varieties if you're growing this plant as a ground cover. Strawberry begonia (Saxifraga ...

Ground cover plants include woody, evergreen vines and dwarf shrubs. Also, massed plants of perennials, such as lantana or hostas, can make effective ground covers that provide color at certain ...

One of the most loathed jobs for gardeners is weeding, but there is a way to reduce the work to a once-a-year job - by ...

An example would be in a shade garden, in which she might plant different varieties of large hostas between groundcovers ... 10 foot circle around it and use ground cover instead of grass ...

In flower bed In flower beds, African hosta can make an excellent ground cover if planted in sufficient quantity and fairly close together. Because the plants are difficult to find, consider ...