Monkey grass is pretty low-maintenance when it comes to fertilization. "In average to rich soils, additional fertilizer isn't necessary," Hancock explains. If your soil is on the poorer side, you may ...

Liriope muscari (pronounced luh-RYE-oh-pee mus-KAR-ree) is a tough, evergreen herbaceous flowering perennial from East Asia that grows in clumps 6 to 12 inches tall and spreads 12 to 18 inches across.

Lawn grass long has been the default planting for filling space in a landscape, whether it’s sown by seed or sodded. But lawn grass is among the most difficult parts of the landscape to care for, ...

How do you grow grass in heavy shade? Sorry, it can't be done. Trees and grass both need the sunlight. Trees win! There is a solution though: shade-loving ground ...

The usual reason to replace one of the lawn grasses with another type of groundcover is because there is too much shade to support a grass variety. Even the most shade-tolerant grass, St. Augustine, ...

A question for Dan Gill: My husband wants to cut back our liriope now, and I was wondering if this is a good idea. It looks fine, but he feels it will make it more vigorous. What do you think? -- ...

Not long ago, expectations of landscape architects often fell toward layouts of underground sprinkler systems, advice on ornamental plantings and outlines of contoured stonework for shrubbery beds.