Groundcover and Vines: Care Guides & Growing Advice

Groundcovers & Vines

Vines and groundcovers can grow vertically or horizontally and make for special plants to dress up a trellis or create layers in a garden.
Japanese pachysandra deer resistant ground cover plant closeup
The Best Deer-Resistant Ground Cover Perennial Plants
Winter heath plant with tiny pink flowers on needle-like stems
Here's Why Winter Heath Is The Perfect Ground Cover for Beginner Gardeners
Black mondo grass clump against a backdrop of stone mulch.
How to Grow Black Mondo Grass for Stunning Contrast in Your Yard
closeup of krauss's clubmoss with low-growing green fronds.
How to Care for Selaginella Kraussiana, the Perfect Terrarium Plant for Beginners
How to grow goldflame honeysuckle
How to Grow and Care for Goldflame Honeysuckle
How to grow oxalis
How to Grow and Care for Oxalis
A group of frog fruit blooms
How to Grow and Care for Frog Fruit
Persian ivy leaves closeup.
19 Types of Ivy to Grow in Your Yard
Closeup of lawn with Kentucky bluegrass.
What to Know About Kentucky Bluegrass and How to Care for It
Autumn fern coppery-yellow fronds in sunlight
How to Grow and Care for Autumn Ferns
Closeup of purple passion vine foliage
How to Grow and Care for Purple Passion Vine
Closeup of asiatic jasmine
How to Grow and Care for Asiatic Jasmine
Coral honeysuckle plant with red and orange tubular flowers on end of stems closeup
How to Grow Coral Honeysuckle
Society garlic plant with small purple star-shaped flower and bud clusters
How to Grow and Care for Society Garlic
Slightly overhead macro closeup of Corsican mint
How to Grow and Care for Corsican Mint
Lady fern plant with large and wide fronds near gravel
How to Grow and Care for Lady Ferns
Closeup view of a squirting cucumber plant
How to Grow and Care for Squirting Cucumber
Wintergreen plant with small bright red berries in between leaves
How to Grow and Care for Wintergreen Plants
pachysandra terminalis
15 Best Evergreen Ground Cover Plants
Closeup of a red flower on a cypress vine
How to Grow and Care for Cypress Vine
Aubrieta with purple flowers nestled on rock
How to Grow and Care for Aubrieta
english ivy
12 Perennial Vines for Shady Areas
Creeping Charlie plant growing in ground next to shovel and garden gloves
How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie: Hand-Pulling & Herbicide
Healthy trailing pothos or devil's ivy
How to Grow and Care for Pothos
ground cover greenery
25 Low-Maintenance Ground Cover Plants for Sun and Shade
Virginia Creeper on a fence
How to Grow and Care for Virginia Creeper
groundcover in shade
12 Ground Cover Plants for Shade
Liriope spicata ground cover in bloom and massed together.
How to Grow and Care for Liriope
Vinca minor ground cover in bloom.
How to Grow and Care for Vinca Minor (Periwinkle)
creeping phlox
How to Grow and Care for Creeping Phlox
bugleweed plant
How to Grow and Care for Bugleweed
Snow in summer plants with small white flowers in ground
10 Best Ground Covers for Full Sun
Front view of sprawling Black-eyed Susan vine
How to Grow and Care for Black-Eyed Susan Vine
passionflower vine on a fence
20 Best Perennial Flowering Vines and Climbers
Dahlia vancouver plant with pink flowers and white center and bud closeup
20 Plants With Large, Beautiful Flowers You Should Grow
Morning glory flower with purple petals
How to Grow and Care for Morning Glory
purple hyacinth bean plant
How to Grow and Care for Purple Hyacinth Bean
Moonflower with white trumpet-shaped petals surrounded by leaves closeup
How to Grow and Care For Moonflower
sweet potato vines
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Potato Vine
Virginia creeper vine with red and yellow leaves closeup
12 Seasonal Bush and Shrub Species With Red Leaves
Creeping phlox with lavender flowers as ground cover closeup
19 Best Flowering Ground Covers
Wisteria vines with white flowers hanging over pergola
Best Vines to Grow on Pergolas and Arbors
Winter jasmine vines with yellow flowers in sunlight
10 Great Jasmine Shrubs and Vines for Your Landscape
Chinese wisteria
11 Species of Invasive Vines
Colorful sedum (stonecrop) varieties as ground cover
10 Sedum (Stonecrop) Varieties To Plant as Ground Cover
Chinese wisteria tree
How to Identify and Remove Chinese Wisteria
orange trumpet vine bloom
How to Grow and Care for Trumpet Vine
kiwi vine on a fence
How to Grow and Care for Hardy Kiwi Vine
Climbing hydrangea bush with small white flowers clustered together in between vines
How to Grow and Care for Climbing Hydrangea
Boston ivy
How to Grow and Care for Boston Ivy
sweet autumn clematis
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Autumn Clematis
Japanese honeysuckle plant vines with yellow and white flowers
How to Identify and Remove Japanese Honeysuckle
Dutchman's pipe vines with large heart-shaped leaves on metal trellis
How to Grow and Care for Dutchman's Pipe Vines
purple ice plant
How to Grow and Care for Ice Plants
Sweet woodruff plant with lance-shaped leaves and small white flower clusters
How to Grow and Care for Sweet Woodruff
closeup of english ivy
How to Grow and Care for English Ivy
winter creeper
How to Grow and Care for Wintercreeper Euonymus
Yellow alyssum flowers in drought tolerant garden
7 Easy Drought-Tolerant Ground Covers
Bougainvillea vines with fuchsia flowers hanging over house
12 Best Perennial Vines to Grow in the Sun
Pachysandra plant with small white flower clusters and leaves covering ground near stone edge
What Is a Ground Cover Plant?