Growing ornamental grasses next to hydrangeas can add tons of texture and interest. These gorgeous grasses will thrive in ...

Think outside the turf box and consider beautiful ornamental grasses. They'll add dramatic effects to any landscape or garden.

To add verticality in mixed container gardens, Selig often replaces ho-hum spike plants with an ornamental grass. For pots, she suggested purple fountain grass, Pennisetum rubrum.

Fall-blooming feather reed grass waits until September to send up its fine-textured, purple-red flowers that gradually fade to silver-gray. Photo by Jan Riggenbach ...

Ornamental grasses and grass-like plants are valued in home landscapes for their hardiness, ease of care, dramatic appearance, and the wide variety of colors, textures and sizes available.

Your front yard is your home's first impression, so of course you'd want to ensure it's a good one. From flowers to trees, ...

This ornamental grass with light green leaves produces small reddish-purple flowers that bloom throughout the year with the peak bloom in the fall.

So, not your regular ornamental grass, but an easy-to-grow, clump-forming evergreen that produces low growing tufts of very dark purple, almost black blades.

The practice of combining fruits, vegetables and herbs with ornamental plants — called “foodscaping” — is worth considering even if you’re not short on space, as it can create visual ...

Ornamental grasses have seen an evolution of acceptance in the last 30 years. When I was in college, only a few years ago at Michigan State University, ornamental grasses weren’t even discussed.

A: Peach flowers (at least of the common fruit-producing varieties) typically have light pink blooms with five petals. This looks like one of the double-flowering ornamental types.