Planting ornamental grasses make a big impact in the backyard, with many varieties hardy and easy to grow, providing year-round interest. From tall and wispy varieties that sway beautifully in the ...

I love the enthusiasm of my readers. Thank all of you for helping me to get excited about working in the yard. A few years ago one of my readers asked me a question about dividing and cutting down a ...

When creating a new garden or looking for new additions, check out the Perennial Plants of the Year (PPOY). Selected by ...

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 refer to both true grasses and plants that have a grass-like appearance, such as sedges, that are used for similar purposes in gardens. The foliage of ornamental grasses provides ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If every garden is a poem, ornamental grasses are punctuation. Short, squat and round. Tall, reaching or curly. They serve as the periods, exclamation points ...

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 ...

When you first start planning a container garden, it's likely your mind is preoccupied with the endless number of bright florals to choose from. Structural and textural plants, like grasses for ...

Lush, healthy grass is beautiful when it grows where you planted it, but its appearance is less exciting when it pops up uninvited in various places throughout your garden. Beyond aesthetics, grass ...

A yard with a carpet of lush, green grass, stereotypically bordered by a white picket fence, has long been part of the dream of homeownership. But really, grass is lazy. "Most people have too much ...