Bringing colour and movement when most plants have faded, ornamental grasses are a great way to keep the magic alive through ...

Planting ornamental grasses make a big impact in the backyard, with many varieties hardy and easy to grow, providing year-round interest. From tall and wispy varieties that sway beautifully in the ...

Pampas grass add visual interest to your yard and come in tons of varieties, but you can achieve the same look with a variety ...

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 ...

Normally, when people consider the kinds of plants they want to put in their gardens, grass is not their first thought. However, landscapers and gardeners looking for something different and dramatic ...

A great way to add some pizzazz to a home landscape is to plant ornamental grasses. Whether it’s 10-foot tall pampas grass or shorter species such as maiden grass or little bluestem, ornamental ...

If every garden is a poem, ornamental grasses are punctuation. Short, squat and round. Tall, reaching or curly. They serve as the periods, exclamation points and quizzical question marks that help ...

Tips to keep your grasses thriving in your garden. Deb W. of Santa Rosa asks: I have quite a few ornamental grasses in my landscape and could use a few tips to keep them looking their best. I have ...

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 ...

Here’s how to care for ornamental grasses after cutting them back: Water the soil if it is dry, but don’t waterlog it. For ...

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 ...

Kyle Larson walks down pit road during a rain delay at the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday in Bristol, Tenn. To everything there is a season, and right now we are in the ornamental grass season. If you ...