Mention ornamental grasses, and most folks think of the towering fountains of foliage used for privacy screens, or bold, upright focal points nestled among more traditional perennials and shrubs. Over ...

Jim Dunphy’s Landscaping outlines the key landscaping trends shaping residential outdoor spaces in 2026. These trends ...

Ornamental grasses are one hot garden plant right now, and when you look around Spokane, more and more plantings of grasses are appearing every year. For members of the Spokane-based Independent ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...

If you've tried scattering wildflower seeds to create the Instagram meadow effect and failed, try the mosaic planting trend ...

Ornamental grasses have become quite popular in the Minnesota landscape. Native prairie grasses that once covered a great portion of western and southern Minnesota are now having major influences on ...

I love the enthusiasm of my readers. Thank all of you for helping me to get excited about working in the yard. A few years ago one of my readers asked me a question about dividing and cutting down a ...

A: The grass appears to be one of the bluestem grasses, Andropogon species, and possibly Andropogon virginicus native to the southeastern U.S., including Florida. This plant is known by several common ...

If you have a problem with deer eating your landscape plants, but you still want some color and drama in your garden, consider planting ornamental grasses. Susan Morrison, a Concord landscape designer ...

Although many of their tops died with the winter's freeze, some ornamental grasses are still standing and putting on a majestic show. Nonetheless, now is the time to cut back many perennial varieties ...