By planting native varieties in October, you not only enhance the beauty and resilience of your garden but also support local ...

The left two are barley varieties. On the right is Kernza ... (Sophie Proe/ St. Louis Public Radio) Nick Colombo, an owner at Switchgrass Spirits in St. Louis, which makes bourbons, whiskeys ...

Birds love to snack on the seeds as they get ready for winter, and the grasses provide great shelter. Native varieties like switchgrass and little bluestem are especially good for supporting local ...

Photo Credit: Matt Lavin / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Switchgrass is a beautiful native grass that comes in many varieties with showy flowers, excellent fall color, and winter interest. This grass prefers ...

These grasses, such as switchgrass, maiden grass, and feather reed grass, can reach impressive heights-some varieties grow up to 8 feet tall! Native to various regions, including North America, Asia, ...

This switch grass looks like its tips have been dipped ... or if there has been a frost and the ground is hard. All varieties mentioned here will introduce a splash of autumn colour in the first ...

Kernza is a perennial grain that can produce an annual crop, even as it stays in the ground for up to four years. Its deep ...

For thousands of years, plant breeders have taken advantage of these variations to create high-yielding crop varieties. Two recent developments have changed the landscape further. The advent of ...

Fescue grass, particularly fine fescue varieties (including blue fescue and tall fescue), is a cool-season grass that is highly adaptable and can thrive in a variety of conditions (even poor soil ...