2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

I hope you will remember from your introductory Economic Botany class that the grasses, as a family (called the Poaceae), surely represent the most important plants in the world, as far as human ...

Native grasses play an important role in the world. One that is unseen. These grasses do it all underground with their roots. Native grasses with their deep roots have the capacity to filter water.

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...

Little bluestem, prairie dropseed, Indian grass and other native ornamental grasses are good options for the Kansas landscape because of their drought tolerance, resistance to pests and overall low ...

SAN ANTONIO — Even before winter dormancy turned lawns from green to brown, drought took its toll on turf. For those thinking ahead to spring's warmer days and green grass, there's a new native grass ...

Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the Silver State. It’s probably somewhat surprising in itself that Nevada has a ...

Prairie dropseed, or Sporobolus heterolepis, is a beautiful and showy grass native to the prairies of Ohio. Its fountain of delicate leaves can add a certain lyrical quality to a garden as they sway ...

Question: Do you have a native grass mix that is appropriate to the Houston area - or will the one you have developed to this point work as well here as it does in Central Texas? If not, when will you ...

* Common name: Indian grass 'Sioux Blue' * Botanical name: Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' * What it is: A U.S. native ornamental grass with blue-tinted blades and slender, tan plumes in late summer.

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...