That needs to be done in September or October by planting rye grass, but the warm November temperatures may have helped later crops. If you choose not to over-seed your lawn with rye for the winter then having areas with a green ground cover can make your landscape look good even though your grass is brown. We tend to think about ground covers for areas where grass won't grow or to have something growing on steep slopes. But sometimes we forget about the artistic or aesthetic uses of ground covers. A bold sweeping bed of neatly planted Asian jasmine next to a dormant or over-seeded turf area is very pretty.
Ground covers add a finished, professional look to a landscape.
Just like turf or any other landscape shrub, they give that feeling of green lushness yet tend to be much easier to maintain and keep watered. It will spread by itself, have a compact growth habit and be dense enough to keep out weeds. Mississippians can choose from a huge selection of ground covers, not just Asian jasmine. Ivies, vincas and ajugas are great, as are the ground-cover junipers. Mondo grass and liriope are great when mass planted.