Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is found in lawns all across the United States. In cooler climates, it's a popular cool-season turf grass for permanent lawns. In warmer climates, it's often ...

When the terms annual and perennial appear, many people tend to think of flowers. But any type of plant can have those designations, including the grass that makes up your yard. Understanding the ...

When choosing perennials for our gardens we set high standards. We search for plants with attractive foliage, delightful flowers, showy seed heads, impressive fall color and winter interest. We look ...

Perennial grasses make excellent additions to any landscape, whether you’re looking to enhance your lawn, add texture to your gardens, or create a living privacy screen. However, not all perennial ...

What’s going on here? It’s like my lawn has chicken pox. Small patches turn light brown in winter, like zoysia grass does, and really look spotty against the normal green grass. But it’s not dead, ...

Switchgrass Northwind has swept its way to the top as the Perennial Plant Association’s Perennial Plant of the Year for 2014. The Northwind cultivar of Panicum virgatum is distinguished by starkly ...

The germination requirements of four perennial halophytic grasses, Aeluropus lagopoides, Halopyrum mucronatum, Sporobolus ioclados, and Urochondra setulosa, were studied under control conditions in ...

Ornamental grasses bring to mind the wind blowing across the prairie, creating a living sea of softness. One in particular stands out with its cloud of pink seed blooms moving above green blades. Pink ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Trucks pulling flatbed trailers drove through a field past tall fescue. On the truck beds sat farmers and scientists — about 270 in all. Some perched atop crates, while others sat ...

A blue grama grass seed field sits in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. (Gary White Photo) For grass seed producers and others concerned about controlling grass thrips populations, University of Wyoming ...

The dark, defined shapes of Phlomis russeliana’s seed heads stand out against the fuzzy cloudlike mass of Deschampsia cespitosa, above left. Phlomis in summer flower, right Credit: Photo: ...