Turf research has demonstrated the most effective date for applying spring lawn fertilizer is around Memorial Day. By then, ...

"Our eye travels through a landscape in a garden absorbing texture," he says. "And it's those uprights—those narrow grasses and vertical flowers—that slow the eye and make us appreciate the ...

Grasses, along with low shrubs and trees, can frame the dry landscape and balance the horizontal with the vertical. One of the popular grasses for Japanese-style gardens is Hakonechloa macra ...