Hakone Grass Wondering what ornamental grasses you can grow in shady spots? Hakone (Hakonechloa macra)! This Japanese forest plant only reaches up to one foot tall, but its brightly colored ...

Everything you need to know about ornamental grasses to add beauty to your midsummer to late fall garden.

Ornamental grasses are beautiful with a coating of hoarfrost or snow. In winter, grass seed heads provide a critical food source for birds and other wildlife.

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 ...

Hamelin fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hamelin’) is a dwarf form that grows to 2 to 3 feet tall and has graceful arching foliage with fluffy foxtail seed heads that emerge in summer ...

"Ornamental grass" traditionally has meant "lawn," a cropped, carpet-like expanse of green. In recent years, the definition has widened to include ornamental grasses from native landscapes and far ...

Although many gardeners think of grass as that plant that has to mowed every week, there are many species of grass that rival any garden flower for beauty and grace. Many ornamental grasses have ...

My favorite ornamental grass, muhly grass, is blooming now. Muhly grass has purplish blooms and when backlit by the setting sun, is absolutely gorgeous. Ornamental grasses are a wonderful addition ...

GARDENING Don’t forget ornamental grasses in planning your garden While flowers most often play the role of show queens in our gardens, don’t discount the wow factor of native and adapted ...

Ornamental grasses are a wonderful addition to the landscape, because they don’t require a lot of care, provide a different texture, attract birds, and many of them produce attractive plumes or ...

Q: I want to transplant and divide in half an 'Adagio' dwarf maiden grass that is about 3 years old. Is it OK to do this at this point in the season or should I wait until the late fall to do so?