This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Leaf tissue of the panicoid grass Pennisetum purpureum (Schum) and of the chloridoid grass Muhlenbergia montana (Hitchcock) were fractionated ...

Waving with the slightest breeze, ornamental grasses are the movers and shakers of the garden world. The grasses become showstoppers in winter, pulling a garden through the lean season until it ...

Ornamental grasses are graceful standouts in the fall garden. And this time of year the waving plumes of native grasses rival spring's roadside attraction, the bluebonnets. Grasses are exceptionally ...

A purple fountain grass called Fireworks (Pennisetum setaceum Fireworks) has been selected by the LSU AgCenter as a Louisiana Super Plant. You're going to be impressed by the colorful foliage on this ...

Ornamental grasses can beautify your landscape, but they often act as an invitation to certain wildlife too. These grasses ...

When winter's icy breeze sweeps across the countryside and garden birds ruffle their feathers on bare branches, most plants will have slipped into a deep slumber. Most – but not all. Evergreens such ...

Ornamental grasses make excellent screen plants to hide unsightly propane tanks and air conditioners, or for privacy around patios and decks. They develop faster than shrubs. Professional designers ...

Some plants call out to be touched, and fluffy pennisetum grasses are certainly one of the most tactile. Last year I grew a large specimen of P. setaceum in a pot by the front door at our seaside ...

Ornamental grasses and their grasslike cousins have firmly established themselves as key elements in the modern garden, and their ranks keep swelling. That may be because ornamental grasses offer many ...

Today, I stopped by Home Depot to pick up a few items. While strolling through the garden shop, I noticed Pennisetum grasses* were displayed for sale. This destroyed what was otherwise a good day!

Ferns are some of the most primitive and oldest plants on earth, having existed for over 300 million years. They don’t produce flowers and they reproduce from spores rather than seeds. In the spring ...