Ornamental grasses are an often-overlooked group of herbaceous perennials that thrive here. They can add beauty to your landscape with minimal effort. Because of their ease of care and reliability, ...

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 ...

It's easy to understand why gardeners choose to litter their plots with perennial plants. Different from annual plants, which have to be re-planted every year, perennials continue to bloom for several ...

This drought-tolerant native grass adds soft texture to landscapes year-round. Denny Schrock A warm-season grass with excellent drought tolerance, purple lovegrass is a great option for adding soft ...

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 ...

As with lawn grasses, there are both warm-season and cool-season ornamental grasses. The warm-season types turn brown in the cold weather and are often cut back in fall, but in many cases, you don't ...

The California Poppy isn’t the only botanical symbol of the The Golden State. Did you know there is an official state grass? You can show your state pride by growing a few on your own property. The ...

Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...

I have seen some different tall, graceful stands of grasses used various ways in yards around town. What are they and are they difficult to grow? There are literally dozens of ornamental grasses which ...

The LSU AgCenter has announced another Louisiana Super Plant called Fireworks, a red-foliaged variety of purple fountain grass or pennisetum. For many years, gardeners in Louisiana grew purple ...