Kathy Jentz, author of The Urban Garden and Groundcover Revolution, is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener magazine and the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper. She is also the host of the popular podcast, GardenDC, which received the GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards Gold Award in the Digital Media: Podcast Series category. In addition, she edits the quarterly Water Garden Journal, the official publication of the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society. Kathy’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including the Washington Examiner newspaper, Pathways magazine, and Washington Women magazine. She appears on regular gardening guest spots on Channel 9, Channel 4, as well as WTOP, WAMU, and WOWD-LP radio stations in Washington, DC.

1 WHY REPLACE TURFGRASS LAWNS
2 BENEFITS OF GROUNDCOVERS
3 HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT GROUNDCOVER FOR YOUR SITUATION
4 INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING GROUNDCOVERS
5 GROUNDCOVER PROFILES
Bugleweed Ajuga reptans
Pussytoes Antennaria spp.
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Hardy Begonia Begonia grandis
Brunnera Brunnera macrophylla
Japanese Sedge Carex morrowii
Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica
River Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis
Epimedium Epimedium spp.
Blue Fescue ‘Elijah Blue’ Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’
Strawberry Fragaria spp.
Cranesbill Geranium Geranium macrorrhizum
Hellebore Helleborus spp.
Heuchera Heuchera spp.
Hosta Hosta spp.
Quaker Ladies Houstonia caerulea
Mosses Hypnum spp.
Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata
Winter Jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum
Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis
Lamium Lamium maculatum
Liriope Liriope muscari
Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia
Dwarf Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nanus’
Prickly Pear Opuntia spp.
Pachysandra Pachysandra procumbens
Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera
Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum spp.
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Groundcover Roses Rosa spp.
Creeping Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus ‘Prostratus’ and Creeping Thyme Thymus praecox
Creeping Raspberry Rubus hayata-koidzumii
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia spp.
Stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantina
Dwarf Comfrey Symphytum ibericum
Wild Violet Viola spp.
COVERING GROUND IF NOTHING WILL GROW THERE
Sources and Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Index