With numerous municipalities and states considering or enacting strict limits on residential grass, you may have considered ditching your home’s turf. Xeriscaping — or designing a landscape that needs ...

“A little flower that blooms in May. A lovely sunset at the end of a day. Someone helping a stranger along the way. That’s heaven to me.” — Sam Cooke The days and weeks of April are passing rather ...

With temperatures rising in many places, lawn care season has officially begun and the struggle to keep the grass from turning brown through the heat of summer looms ahead. With many areas in some ...

A lush green lawn with a house in the background - Sheila Say/Shutterstock Everyone wants a lush, green lawn — the kind that encourages you to kick off your shoes and go barefoot — but that's not ...

Despite its elegant appearance, Platinum Beauty™ Lomandra is a tough plant. It tolerates a range of growing conditions including sandy to clay soils, high heat, coastal conditions, periods of drought, ...

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For everything you ever wanted to know about ornamental grasses, I recommend perusing “Grasses for Gardens and Landscapes” by Neil Lucas (Timber Press). At the outset, Lucas extols the ‘seasonality’ ...

Designing a beautiful landscape can be exciting. That is, until you realize the maintenance most plants require. Although tending to a garden can work wonders for your mood, you might want to spend ...

With numerous municipalities and states considering or enacting strict limits on residential grass, you may have considered ditching your home’s turf. Xeriscaping – or designing a landscape that needs ...