One of my favorites is Japanese forest grass. It is an ornamental, shade-loving perennial grass that is lovely. It has an arching, spreading, cascading mound of grass that covers the ground.

especially if you make the wrong choice and select something like Japanese bloodgrass (Imperata cylindrica). Although this is quite a striking grass-like ground cover, you shouldn't grow it in ...

Ground covers that are good candidates for trimming now include monkey grass, creeping lily turf, English ivy, liriope, Asian jasmine, Japanese ardisia, cedar fern, wood fern and dwarf bamboo.

Here are some of the best flowering ground covers that will spice ... looking for a grass substitute is that grass doesn’t like to grow in your yard, Japanese pachysandra (aka “spurge ...

One of the most common invasive plants in the Eastern U.S., Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), is easily mistaken as a pleasing, green grass ground cover. Its bright-green, lance-shaped ...

Ground covers are popular Louisiana landscape ... If you have deeper shade, think about Japanese ardisia or monkey grass, which is available in a dwarf form.

What could I grow in these two areas that would be better than grass? There are suitable ground cover plants for both of these areas that do not require mowing. There is also a more shade-tolerant ...