What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This showstopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades. Often ...

Ornamental grasses add beauty and height to your landscaping. But they can grow quite large, and fall pruning is required to ...

Every morning while waiting for my coffee to brew, I spend a few minutes looking out a kitchen window. No matter what the weather, my eye wanders across the garden and never fails to rest on the pale ...

One week brings deluge. The next, not a drop of rain and sizzling heat. How are we to garden in such extremes? Doesn't seem fair, does it? There are plants that thrive on moisture and others touted ...

NO GARDEN IS complete without at least a few deciduous ornamental grasses. These elegant, flowing plants are usually drought-tolerant, generally pest-free and require little care. Impossible to shear ...

A:Gulf muhly, a 3- to 4-foot native grass with fine-textured bluish-green foliage and striking pink panicles, does well here in a sunny spot. Birds could use this grass for cover and seed. 'Purple ...

We accepted some plants from neighbors and have come to regret that decision. While lovely, the grasses have overtaken areas where we don't want them. They have reproduced so efficiently that if mowed ...

In my teaser in today's HGNW, I mixed up catnip and cat grass. Totally different except for the word "cat." How embarrassing. Not surprisingly, cat grass looks like ...

What: Miscanthus sinensis “Gold Bar” sets the new standard for golden variegated ornamental grasses. This show-stopper has a multitude of dramatic gold stripes that cut across the grass blades.

Every morning while waiting for my coffee to brew, I spend a few minutes looking out a kitchen window. No matter what the weather, my eye wanders across the garden and never fails to rest on the pale ...