Given the right conditions, grasses for garden planting will reward you with their ethereal beauty Ornamental grasses can fulfil many functions in a garden. Tall specimens add blocks of natural colour ...

Jana W. asks, one of my favorite ornamental grasses is the pheasant’s-tail grass, but after being in the ground for several years, one of my gorgeous plants has started to appear dried out in areas ...

Why: To ensure proper growth of ornamental grasses, you will need to cut them back each year before new growth emerges. If you wait too long, the grasses likely will delay new growth by up to three ...

Wherever you go now there are ornamental grasses, in borders among shrubs and herbaceous perennials, as specimens, in pots and sometimes there are borders and even whole gardens dedicated to them. I ...

Q: When is the best time to cut back my ornamental grasses? I have several different types in my yard and I'm concerned about killing them if I cut them back too soon. A: Ornamental grasses are one of ...

Ornamental grasses are an often-overlooked group of herbaceous perennials that thrive here, and will add beauty to your landscape with minimal effort. View full size ThinkstockSome ornamental grasses, ...

If you want your ornamental grass to grow back strong and healthy in spring, you're going to want to prune it during the fall -- here's how.

When I was a kid, grass meant a lawn, and grass-care meant dragging the lawn mower out every other week. In today’s gardens, ornamental grasses are becoming increasingly popular for their deer ...

Don Kinzler helps a reader identify a plant that recently showed up in her garden and answers questions about browning evergreen foliage and whether to cut back ornamental grasses in the fall or ...

Ornamental grasses have become increasingly popular as garden plants over the past decade and justifiably so. Their grace and versatility can add impact to any border and are great at creating a ...

When people think of grasses for the yard, typically they’re thinking of the turfgrass species used to create lawns. However, there are many ornamental grass species and cultivars, including many ...