NewsJardinTV is pleased to invite you to watch this file taken from issue 15 of our major weekly podcast show: "Bienvenue au Jardin!", presented by our gardening journalists Patrick Mioulane and Roland Motte. The subject discussed here concerns plants that can, in certain cases, be used instead of grass to create a low and uniform plant cover that can replace a traditional lawn. Ground cover plants are numerous and often very decorative, but it is rare for ground cover plants to combine all the qualities of a lawn, particularly resistance to trampling. What is most often criticized about lawns is their "doormat" appearance in summer in hot and dry weather or the need to use very large quantities of water to keep them green. A solution that is beginning to become widespread is the use of microclovers, selections of very dwarf forms that are often mixed with grass and give excellent results. Our experts also offer different ground cover thymes for use in dry and poor soil. Very decorative due to their flowering, however, you should avoid walking on them and reserve them for non-passenger areas (slopes, paving stones, borders, etc.) For Mediterranean regions, Patrick suggests Mascarene grass (Zoysia tenuifolia) which forms a very dense carpet with an undulating appearance. This grass resists everything except the cold. Patrick and Roland point out that the main "defect" of ground cover plants compared to grass remains the price since these plants must be planted as young plants, which is much more expensive than sowing. Other plants are also presented to you: yarrow with very fine foliage and a low habit, Achillea crithmifolia which forms a silvery-grey carpet. Roland suggests turcette (Herniaria glabra), a small cousin of the carnation (Caryophyllaceae) which is very creeping, recommended for stony soils. Patrick also indicates that Roman chamomile can be mowed so that it remains creeping. Its very fine foliage creates a beautiful visual effect and it can be left to flower, which doesn't hurt. Our hosts also offer the verbena nodiflora (Phyla nodiflora), whose defect is its semi-persistent foliage, but it is dense, floriferous, attractive to bees and, above all, it tolerates trampling very well. This is a very interesting and abundantly illustrated file that we offer you here and which provides entirely valid solutions for alternatives to lawns. NewsJardinTV also invites you to discover its weekly one-hour show: "Bienvenue au Jardin!". It is put online every Saturday at 8 a.m. You can listen to it at any time and in any place in its audio version (that's the advantage of the formula!) either on the NewsJardinTV website: https://www.newsjardintv.com/les-podc... or/and on most major podcast platforms: Apple Podcast, Spotify; Deezer, Google Podcast, Podcast Addict, Tune In, Stitcher and SoundCloud, etc. Please note that the video version on YouTube benefits from a "live" broadcast from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. This gives you the opportunity to "chat" with the Internet users present, which reinforces the conviviality of the show. There are now more than 1.5 million of you watching the 100% garden videos of NewsJardinTV each month and we are very happy about it. Thank you for your loyalty!