When you're selecting a ground cover to suppress weeds, there is no shortage of options. This large-leaved, blooming beauty ...

Also known as violet pearl millet, this ornamental grass for your landscape is simple ... be grown in pots as well as in-ground garden beds. The shorter 'Purple Barron' cultivar also does well ...

Another early spring-flowering plant which you will find right now at garden centers is ranunculus ( Ranunculus asiaticus ), ...