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 ...

This video shows how growing ornamental plants in the garden can be beneficial for food crops by firstly outlining how they ...

Melinda Myers, a horticulturist and gardening expert, describes this ornamental grass as a compact version of the native ...

Do you have gardening topics or people you would like Pat Munts to write about in her column during these cold months as gardening-related activities move indoors? Email topic ideas to Pat at ...

English/Cottage Garden Style Blossoming in popularity during the Elizabethan era (1558–1603), English or cottage gardens are ...

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 ...

For much of the year, ornamental grasses may be perhaps the most underappreciated plant choices for the landscape. You likely pass them unnoticed during spring and summer, when they quietly provide ...

In springtime, when flowers are busting out all over, ornamental grass is the last thing on the mind of most gardeners. After all, a clump of sturdy but unremarkable-looking blades struggles to ...

During my years as executive director of the Columbus Botanical Garden in Georgia, I fell madly in love with the garlic chives in our herb garden. I’m not an herbalist or a culinary artist in the ...

Maiden grass spreads prolifically through wind-dispersed seeds and vigorous underground rhizomes, making it hard to remove ...