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

Native grasses are easy to maintain and wildlife friendly. Here are some that will add lively accents to your yard, or even ...

Also consider the growth habit of the ornamental grasses you may select — clump-forming or rhizome-forming. “Clumpers” grow in nice, well-behaved mounds, mix well with perennials and don’t ...

It is a clump-forming grass that looks good in groupings with other meadow grasses or in masses among perennials that freeze back and lose interest in winter. Broom-sedge is a true grass, not a sedge.

This perennial grass is known for being a slow grower, with a clump-forming habit, meaning it doesn’t spread aggressively. However, it will self-seed if the flower heads are left to go to seed.

Ornamental grasses are an often-overlooked group of herbaceous perennials that thrive here, and will add beauty to your landscape with minimal effort. Ornamental grass can be a perennial delight ...

There’s midwinter magic in the air, because the sun is lower in the sky than at any other time of the year. It’s slanting through the garden, highlighting texture and detail, and taller ...

Clump forming grasses are less aggressive than those that spread by stolons or rhizomes. If a grass spreads find out if it grows slowly or quickly. Fast growers are potentially invasive.

* What it is: Korean feather reed grass is a slowly expanding, clump-forming ornamental grass with an upright habit and green blades that turn yellow-tan in fall. This Asian native’s nicest ...

PanAmerican Seed is introducing a ColorGrass series of upright and clump-forming annual and perennial grasses that provide texture and color. Making grasses even more appealing for containers is ...

Some grasses have an upright form that works well in tight spaces. The popular “Karl Foerster” feather reed grass has attractive wheat-like seed stalks that stand straight up, great hiding ...