Often chosen for the texture and autumn interest they add to the garden, ornamental grasses have many virtues. Some are tall, towering over most other garden plants, and serve as a visual anchor or a ...

Perennial ornamental grasses offer lasting beauty in your yard, returning year after year—they provide many colors and textures, allowing you to customize your garden aesthetic. Even better, some ...

Love coneflowers but not garden upkeep? There are tons of low-maintenance options to pair with them — from lookalike blooms ...

Ward Dilmore, founder and head landscape designer at Petrus Luxury Estate Landscaping Company, agrees, explaining that lavender is a heat- and full sun-loving plant. “If grown in shade, it will become ...

Here are the water conservation actions the Tucson City Council took at its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 18. All were unanimously approved measures directing Tucson Water to return with formal proposals ...

Last week, as I was scouring our backyard for signs of spring, I was pleasantly surprised to notice an inconspicuous purple flower popping up in a few isolated spots. The ...

Garden designers and horticulturists share the smarter, more sustainable ways people are transforming their outdoor spaces ...

Once you're sure there are no more freezes in sight, you have a laundry list of plants to prune so that they flower and ...

Melting snow often reveals lawn damage caused by voles. To repair, wait until the lawn is dry enough so raking won't tear tender grass plants. Grass seed can be added to channels that don't fill in ...

Real estate experts Nicole Wear and Calle Holmgren had their family's unusable lawn transformed into outdoor living rooms ...

Winter is a good time to plan to enhance your garden with plants that will attract birds all year long. It takes more than ...

Long before irrigation pivots and improved turf varieties, native grasses were quietly doing the hard work.