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 ...

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

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

Thyme is the most cold-hardy herb and is therefore suitable for the fall and winter garden. Even if it should die back in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...