For many homeowners, a well-manicured lawn is the ultimate way to enhance your landscape's curb appeal, which makes it easy to overlook its many drawbacks. Although it looks eye catching, grass ...

While there are plenty of advantages of a luscious lawn of green grass, regular grass turf isn't the only option out there. If you want to break from tradition with a more unique and eye-catching lawn ...

"Ground cover" must surely be the most lukewarm label we apply to some genuinely lovely and useful plants. It's like calling your (also lovely and useful) spouse "the dishwasher." Many ground covers ...

Question: I have two problem areas in my lawn. The grass is thin and grows poorly under a large tree. I also have a sloping area which is difficult to mow. What could I grow in these two areas that ...

I am going to replace most of my lawn with ground covers. I have an area with shade where grass does not grow well. There is also a sunny area with a slope which is difficult to mow. I may use five or ...

It’s tempting to look into substitutes for the traditional grass lawn. However, even alternatives require work, at least until they’re established. April is typically the best month in our region to ...

CORVALLIS – To support pollinators, people have turned to creating eco-friendly spaces around their homes, including replacing their grass lawns with flowering plants. That’s no easy task, according ...

When I moved into my home in the mid-1970s, it was brand new on a good-sized but totally empty patch of ground on a hillside. We were in the midst of a severe drought, so traditional lawns were out of ...