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 ...

2:53 p.m. Feb. 5, 2024: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Jim Baird’s name. Tearing out your lawn can be a tough decision, especially if you have children or dogs who love to ...

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 ...

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, ...

As fall approaches, the thrill I feel as the air cools is enhanced by my eagerness to experience the visual feast of native grasses at their peak. The colors and textures in the crisp golden light are ...

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 ...

Grasses put motion and music in a garden. A summer breeze can set the slender leaves or dangling flower heads dancing and rustling. A winter snowfall can outline the still-standing stalks like ...

Charlotte Country Club was designed by the famous golf course architect Donald Ross and opened for play in 1910. Faced with increasing maintenance costs, the club wanted to reduce the total acreage of ...

Ganalay and guli are species of native grasses—used as a food source and ground into a flour—that used to thrive on the black ...

Maggie Miller, of Grindstone Cattle Company in Daniel, Wyoming, recently donated a copy of "Native Grasses of the Apache Highlands" by Matilda Essig to the UW Libraries’ Emmett D. Chisum Special ...

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 ...