Ornamental grasses are an often-overlooked group of herbaceous perennials that thrive here, and will add beauty to your landscape with minimal effort. View full size ThinkstockSome ornamental grasses, ...

Louise Butler ditched her lawnmower years ago. She doesn’t like the chore, so over time, Butler pulled out patches of grass at her South Hill home to replace them with various wildflowers and ...

These perennials, trees, and shrubs provide vital food and shelter for backyard birds through the winter months.

Karl Foerster feather reed grass, one of the most popular ornamental grasses, is a familiar sight here in the Midwest. It's used extensively, both in home gardens and in commercial landscapes. No ...

They know their time is fleeting, and yet they have one mission: to provide for their next generations. While they consume ...

When choosing perennials for our gardens we set high standards. We search for plants with attractive foliage, delightful flowers, showy seed heads, impressive fall color and winter interest. We look ...

It is all too common, especially here in north Florida, for warm-season perennial grass weeds to invade your desired warm-season perennial grass lawn or yard. Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), ...

Perennial crops have great potential. Yet they hardly figure in the world's calorie consumption. The world's major grains, food legumes and oilseeds - including all of its wheat, rice, corn, barley, ...

Q. Is it too late in the season to plant grass? —Elizabeth, Shokan A. The best time to seed in New York is late summer (mid-August to mid-September), due to favorable conditions for germination and ...

“Grass has started growing in a couple of my ground-cover plantings and in some sections of my perennial border. Some of the perennials with grass growing in and around them are lady’s mantle and ...