While some like the look of Japanese bloodgrass in a landscape, this plant is harmful to the ecosystem. Fortunately, we have some better alternatives.

Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) is a real showstopper in the fall garden ... vertical interest and movement to borders, prairie gardens, or naturalized areas.

One such project is frost seeding native grasses and forbs. Here’s why you should brave the cold and consider sowing your seeds this winter. If you think about how a native prairie works, many of the ...

By Bruce Spangenberg Ornamental grasses have surged in popularity among gardeners, as has using native plants in gardens and ...

ROCHESTER — A skid loader caught fire in an Eyota field around 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, engulfing 10 acres of prairie grass. According to a release from the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office ...

In fall, adults may invade fields of winter wheat ... Less attractive grasses include blue grama, buffalograss, sand dropseed, needleandthread, prairie sandreed, and Kentucky bluegrass. The latter ...

The second best time is mid-October, when the summer grasses turn red for the prairie’s version of fall colors. Hikes in the morning and evening will afford you beautiful light and a little escape ...

Thousands of years of prairie grass growth, death and decomposition ... but now we are getting bigger rain events where six inches fall and that hits the soil on farms.” ...

We’ve come here for the flowers. Five adults and a small child — all prairie-dwellers, all happy to be out of the car and moving through knee-high grasses. Blossoms of yarrow, bergamot ...