What should I do with my ornamental grasses over the winter? I haven't cut back the old growth, not sure when I should do this. Ornamental grasses do not need to be cut back before winter. There are ...

It’s easy to know when to cut back ornamental grass once you know the basics. It’s far more simple than the mowing, watering and fertilizing that may come to mind when thinking about traditional lawns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning your ornamental grass is important from an aesthetic perspective, too. Cutting back will improve a plant's overall ...

Do you know why flowers make great racecar drivers? They put the petals to the metal. Flowers aren’t the only plants that make our perennial plantings and landscapes attractive. Ornamental grasses are ...

Ornamental grasses refer to both true grasses and plants that have a grass-like appearance, such as sedges, that are used for similar purposes in gardens. The foliage of ornamental grasses provides ...

There’s a good chance you’ve looked out at your garden in late fall and thought, “Should I cut those grasses down before the snow hits?” It’s a tempting thought—after all, the tidy gardener in all of ...

I was recently asked by my friend Mike Herr, aka “Mike the Mailman,” about dividing his ornamental grasses. And because I recently received a letter from my old friend and former colleague Dr. Gus van ...

For much of the year, ornamental grasses may be perhaps the most underappreciated plant choices for the landscape. You likely pass them unnoticed during spring and summer, when they quietly provide ...

With a range of colors, heights, textures, and even the way they move in a Southern breeze, ornamental grasses add interest to the garden that other plants can’t. Planted as borders, focal points, or ...