Maiden grass spreads prolifically through wind-dispersed seeds and vigorous underground rhizomes, making it hard to remove ...

If you want your ornamental grass to grow back strong and healthy in spring, you're going to want to prune it during the fall ...

The New Jersey Botanical Garden sits within Ringwood State Park, tucked away in the Ramapo Mountains like a well-kept secret that locals have been trying not to share with the rest of us. And can you ...

Warm autumn days will soon be followed by winter’s frigid temperatures, frost on the plants and frozen ground. With this in ...

Nothing spruces up a garden like ornamental grasses. If you want them to stay healthy through the year, though, you'll need ...

Creating a safe haven for wildlife can be beneficial to your yard as well as the local ecosystem. Here are 15 ways to ensure ...

From cleaning up vegetable beds to adding lime, these simple autumn chores prevent disease and prepare your soil for next ...

Some perennials, though, are best cut back in fall. Hosta, iris and daylilies don’t have rigid stems, and quickly flatten under the weight of snow, often becoming mushy and moldy by spring, making ...

A rare pairing of beauty and practicality, this ornamental grass is almost too good to be true: low maintenance, ...

If you have a large open bed in a sunny spot, consider breaking up the soil and seeding larkspur, poppies, bachelor buttons, and sweet peas.

Lemon grass is best divided in late March or April, once the weather is warm and settled. During the winter, subfreezing ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about being enamored with purple flowers and the feeling of calm their presence in the garden creates.