How to Use ground cover in a Sentence

ground cover

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• This ground cover does need pruning to keep it in bounds and off the trunk of the trees.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
• Trim ground covers back to the edge of a path or sidewalk.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Then plant a ground cover that will tolerate dry shade to fill the rest of the area.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
• Growing in the 2- to 3-foot range, Lantana is good to use as a ground cover.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 3 May 2022
• If grass will not grow, what ground cover would grow there?
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
• New trees, shrubs and ground covers can be planted; do keep the root balls moist.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 June 2018
• The ground cover was tall enough to hide birds, and the two male spruce grouse flushed underfoot.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2020
• The fire also reduced the ground cover holding the soil in place.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2019
• Winter is a stress free time to add hardy trees, shrubs and ground covers to the landscape.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
• Plant them with other spring bloomers in pots or as a ground cover.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Feb. 2023
• Officers found Glass face down on the ground covered in blood in the hallway of one of the apartments.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• When’s the best time to kill off lawns for later ground cover planting?
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2022
• Lush ground cover, dense foliage, and shade from trees help evoke the feeling of being in the woods.
  — Lexi Dwyer, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
• Instead, change the root zone areas from grass to ground cover or mulch.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
• There’s a lot of ground covered in this column, and not all of it thoroughly.
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
• Trailing types make a lovely ground cover at the edge of a rain garden.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
• Cardamom grows as a two- to three-foot-tall ground cover for shady areas in frost-free zones.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
• There are many ground covers to choose from and, likewise, many fragrant plants.
  — Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2018
• Learn to tolerate the rest, or conceal them with a tall ground cover.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 27 Apr. 2018
• Grassy weeds are growing in a ground cover and a friend told me to use the Image herbicide.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• Are there shrubs or trees for these ground covers to interact with?
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
• Bulbs fill the gap between ground cover and shrubs with fragrance and beauty.
  — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2021
• Morning glories are a great flower to use as ground cover or to line a fence.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2021
• This has been landscaped around wide stone stairs with gardens, trees and ground cover.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2018
• Alyssum will stay less than a foot tall and will spread to any sunny spots as a ground cover plant.
  — Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
• Turf is hard to establish in shady sites; consider another ground cover.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
• This is an herbaceous ground cover with a grassy appearance that spreads and helps hold soil along a sidewalk.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
• Eliminate exposed soil by using ground cover plants, mulch, or gravel.
  — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 26 Jan. 2026
• Woehlk headed out in the afternoon and settled into some ground cover near a corn field with a south wind in his favor.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2026
• This is an herb that grows rapidly and can serve as a carefree ground cover.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025