Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planting ornamental grasses is so easy. Here are three of these - one bunch of yellow pampas grass with red flowers, one row of ...

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 ...

This time of year, I have a daily ritual on my walk from the car to my office. As I head up the curving entry path at New England Botanic Garden, I run my hand along the ornamental grasses that line ...

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 ...

A lawn that requires little to no mowing might sound like a low-maintenance dream, but there are some downsides to consider ...

Ornamental grasses are tough, drought-tolerant plants that can add structure, texture and color to any garden. They come straight and tall, wide and wispy, even short and spiky. Some also add two ...

I find the use of ornamental grasses in the Northwest to be a bit perplexing. Magazine articles and books seem to constantly boast about them. Designing locally, I am not finding this to be true with ...

As summer flowers fade, dry winds arrive to define the fall season, when tall animated ornamental grasses dominate the late garden. Because grasses bloom in mid- to late summer, this is the time when ...