Ornamental grasses and their grasslike cousins have firmly established themselves as key elements in the modern garden, and their ranks keep swelling. That may be because ornamental grasses offer many ...

It’s been a long, beautiful fall this year. The cool weather tripped the trees to color up and then hold their leaves for a beautiful show of reds, oranges and yellows. Tree leaves aren’t the only ...

Ornamental grasses are one hot garden plant right now, and when you look around Spokane, more and more plantings of grasses are appearing every year. For members of the Spokane-based Independent ...

Grasses can fill large or small spaces in any type of landscape with dramatic color, texture and movement that changes with the seasons. Ornamental grasses are adaptable and are easy to grow. Grasses ...

WOULDN’T IT BE wonderful to find a plant that exhibits not only handsome foliage and attractive flowers, but also eye-catching fall color and showy seed heads that enhance its charm and appeal for ...

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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 ...

For an easy and low-maintenance design choice, ornamental grasses are one of the most useful plants you can include in your garden. Grasses work with just about every style of yard, and their many ...

Ornamental grasses provide a flowing, vertical experience to the landscape. Ornamental grasses provide a flowing, vertical experience to the landscape. Mary Meyer, professor of horticulture at the ...

Ornamental grasses are rewarding landscape plants. They sway in the breeze, adding movement along with sound as they rustle in the breeze. Grasses do have flowers; though not traditional flowers, they ...