While migrating birds will likely move on during the fall, you'll still want local, overwintering birds to visit. One way is ...

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 ...

The airy effect of baby’s breath is also found in flower arrangements in the form of one of our choicest native grasses ” Indian rice grass, which is a great native landscape feature. A fairly common ...

At one time not too long ago, vegetables and flowers properly belonged in your garden beds, and grasses and suchlike were relegated to the rest of the yard. That is certainly the way we started off in ...

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 ...

Thumb through any recent gardening or landscaping publication and chances are there is an article about how to plant and grow a native grass lawn as a substitute for conventional turf grass. Depending ...

LITTLE ROCK — Do you want quail on your land? There is a starting point, according to wildlife biologists, and it’s in the grass. Fifty interested landowners attended a recent workshop on quail that ...

Dense growth and a cozy, prey-filled habitat make these grasses a dream for snakes — great for nature, not so great for ...

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.

Re:“Should Colorado mandate small lawns?” Jan. 19 Vincent Carroll column. Vincent Carroll’s column summarized state Sen. Ellen Roberts’ proposed bill to mandate lawn size in Colorado. Her intent, of ...

Margo and Larry Newhouse knew the "mangy" lawn had to go, as well as the rest of the water-sucking landscape at their midtown home. So what did they put in instead? Well, for part of the landscape, ...

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 ...