Key Points For full sun locations, pick switchgrass, pink muhly grass, prairie dropseed, and little bluestem.Grasses for ...

Set your yard up for success by selecting the best grass to grow in the shade. These lawn grasses and ornamental grasses ...

Many native ornamental grasses are host plants (food sources) for the larval or caterpillar stages of butterflies and moths.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are dozens of ornamental grasses in the United States. There are just about as many reasons why you should consider adding ornamental ...

Cutting back dead stems in early spring is important because they can interfere with tender new grass shoots trying to push through in spring.

Growing up, did you ever go out and get a fresh haircut before the start of a new school year? That ritual probably helped ...

Q:What can you tell me about pampas grass? Should it be cut down in the fall or left standing? Richard Backer, Muskegon A: Pampas grass is one of many ornamental grasses that are wonderful in our ...

When photographer Saxon Holt heard Jim Folsom, director of the Huntington Botanic Gardens, use the words "harvest the light" at a lecture last month, he scribbled them down. Folsom had been discussing ...

NO GARDEN IS complete without at least a few deciduous ornamental grasses. These elegant, flowing plants are usually drought-tolerant, generally pest-free and require little care. Impossible to shear ...

You probably didn't know this, but Marcia and I have something in common with J.R.R. Tolkien. I mean, beyond thinking it was a terrible idea to turn a short book like "The Hobbit" into three movies (I ...