What: Hakonechloa macra, also known as Japanese forest grass, is an understated and underused aristocrat in the shade garden. This deciduous grass forms airy mounds of medium-green arching blades. It ...

DENVER, Colorado — Even though Japanese beetles begin to dissipate this time of year, don't let up on them. Try to get every last beetle before they have a chance to mate and lay eggs in your lawn and ...

For a number of years, my husband and I have been trying to control Japanese Stiltgrass in our lawn. I hate it. It tends to grow very densely and I don’t like the way it looks. More importantly, it is ...

Mike explains how to care for seedlings out of season, why you should be wary of old fruit orchards, how to build a stinkbug trap, the benefits of soil solarization, and how to get rid of Japanese ...

Mike in Carroll County writes: “I may be getting old, but I don’t think you’ve ever made any reference to spraying the Japanese stiltgrass. I spray weeds with Ortho Weed Be Gone, but it doesn’t seem ...

Blast! Japanese beetles are already beginning to emerge in some parts of metro Denver. Brace yourselves for their intense plant-eating, breeding and cursing from gardeners (not necessarily in that ...

DENVER, Colorado — My big, fragrant Oriental lilies are blooming on the patio. Fortunately, Japanese beetles aren't interested in them. I have very few beetles in my garden. This shows that treating ...