WEYMOUTH − Gardeners, take your mark! The challenge and rewards of annual spring plant sales held by South Shore garden clubs are growing each year. "So many people have good gardens now that ...

Some ground covers that can be used are Asiatic jasmine, cast iron plants, mondo grass, peperomia, frog fruit, lyreleaf sage, creeping sage, partridgeberry, twinflower, mosses and ferns.

Very few ferns are bothered by insect pests, making these plants easy to grow and maintain. In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest ...