Nothing spruces up a garden like ornamental grasses. If you want them to stay healthy through the year, though, you'll need ...

If you want your ornamental grass to grow back strong and healthy in spring, you're going to want to prune it during the fall ...

I like to say that a plant has to earn its place in my garden. I compare choosing a plant to interviewing job candidates — what will they contribute? How will they fit in? What are their unique ...

A rare pairing of beauty and practicality, this ornamental grass is almost too good to be true: low maintenance, ...

At one time not too long ago, vegetables and flowers properly belonged in your garden beds, and grasses and suchlike were relegated to the rest of the yard. That is certainly the way we started off in ...

Ornamental grasses such as "Karl Foerster" feather reed grass, maiden grass and Blue Avena grass make structural statements in containers, borders or flower beds. Ornamental grasses have grown on home ...

As summer wanes and autumn waits in the wings, garden plants begin to change along with the weather. One of the most fascinating aspects of the summer-to-fall season is watching the metamorphosis of ...

Ornamental grasses have become quite popular in the Minnesota landscape. Native prairie grasses that once covered a great portion of western and southern Minnesota are now having major influences on ...

Late summer and early fall can be dull times in Gulf Coast gardens. The relentless heat and absence of rain discourage all but the feeblest blooming from even the hardiest perennials. However, now ...

The garden is coming alive! Green sprouts are popping up all over the place. Drat, a lot of them are shoots of grass in the middle of the perennial and shrub beds. How do you get rid of it without ...

If you've peeked outside and noticed your once vibrant green lawn looking a bit brown and patchy, don't stress. Brown grass doesn't always mean it's a goner. Often, it's just your lawn's way of ...