With summer on the way, it’s the perfect time to enjoy your backyard or host delicious feasts with one of the best grills. And while we're sprucing up the garden, many of us take pride in having a ...

Growing a lawn in shade is possible by reducing shade, using different grasses, and mowing higher. Reduced sunlight limits photosynthesis and promotes fungus growth. Use shade-tolerant grass types ...

Large lawn with lots of shade - Zhen Li/Getty Images Big patches of cool shade offer idyllic spots to relax on hot summer days, whether you're tossing a ball to your dog or swinging in a hammock. Your ...

Cold nights arrive, weekends shrink, and watering cans gather dust. Yet your beds could still brighten, harden up, and ...

The usual reason to replace one of the lawn grasses with another type of groundcover is because there is too much shade to support a grass variety. Even the most shade-tolerant grass, St. Augustine, ...

Question: Dear Sir, We have lived in the same house for 25 years and when we originally moved in we had St. Augustine sod installed and for several years it did very well until my trees started ...

Ornamental grasses can benefit the soil and habitat of your yard, and look good doing it! Zander Caruso, Plant Pro at Barton Springs Nursery, joined Studio 512 with tips on ornamental grass ...

A new shade tolerant bermudagrass, experimental number ST-5, developed by Drs. Wayne Hanna and Kris Braman will be licensed soon. Dr. Hanna is the turfgrass breeder at the University of Georgia Tifton ...

There are good reasons to use a groundcover instead of lawn grass. Among the issues are that if you select the right groundcovers, they are more shade tolerant than any of our lawn grasses.

Big patches of cool shade offer idyllic spots to relax on hot summer days, whether you're tossing a ball to your dog or swinging in a hammock. Your grass? That's a different story. Most turfgrass ...

A new shade tolerant bermudagrass, experimental number ST-5, developed by Drs. Wayne Hanna and Kris Braman will be licensed soon. Dr. Hanna is the turfgrass breeder at the University of Georgia Tifton ...