Whenever a garden expert is queried on his or her favorite anythings, be it shrubs, small trees or hardy perennials, an ornamental grass or two inevitably makes his or her list. "[Insert grass of ...

Does the idea of a meadow right outside your door appeal to you? Are you interested in being less of a slave to your lawn? Consider alternatives to just plain grass. One solution is to plant an ...

Pam Penick writes about Americans' apparent fading affinity for lawns in "Lawn Gone! Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard" (Ten Speed Press, $19.99). With gorgeous ...

• Grasses don’t need to be separated into a designated “grass garden.” Place grasses among other perennials where they can be a border, a backdrop or a vertical element among other plants. Create a ...

Looking to give your fall and winter landscape a visual boost? Grow ornamental grasses. The movement alone of these low-maintenance, easy to grow grasses will give you a big bang for your landscaping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planting ornamental grasses is so easy. Here are three of these - one bunch of yellow pampas grass with red flowers, one row of ...

Ornamental grasses and their grasslike cousins have firmly established themselves as key elements in the modern garden, and their ranks keep swelling. That may be because ornamental grasses offer many ...

Suburban homeowners can do themselves and the environment a big favor by replacing grass lawns with native plants. The trouble is that too many of us feel peer pressure from neighbors to use ...