Now, after several years working as a professional gardener, I have planted all sorts of grasses, but I remain a little in ...

Shade-Loving Japanese Forest Grass Covers Tree Roots With Its Dense Habit. Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra) is a slow-growing, shade-loving perennial grass.

Your first taste of a ripe pawpaw, left, or American persimmon, right, may convince you to plant the trees, which can serve as the centerpiece of a permaculture food forest.

A Mount Pleasant couple transformed their grassy backyard into a lush food forest with maturing fruit trees and gardens that ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says mature trees such as oak or maples with larger leaves can make it tough for turfgrass to grow properly in urban settings.