Every garden should have a witchhazel, says Mark Weathington, director of Raleigh’s JC Raulston Arboretum. The fragrant flowers when little else is in bloom make them invaluable in the landscape.

‘Meyer’ has been the standard zoysiagrass for the transition-zone region of the United States for many years. Scientists at Texas A&M University, Kansas State University, and Purdue University are ...

Atlanta Athletic Club is located in the transition zone, with hot summers and cool winters. Finding a turf species that performs well across this range of conditions is extremely difficult. A ...

As a turf-grass scientist at Virginia Tech, Mike Goatley has spent years looking at the various types of grass used for America’s archetypal landscape feature, the lawn. His preference comes down to ...

Q: In an effort to grow grass in an environmentally friendly way (one that uses few chemicals and requires little watering), I would like to switch my lawn to zoysia grass. I have had two previous ...

Scientists quantified the impact of colorants applied in autumn on zoysiagrass in the transition zone. Persistence of green color increased with application volume, but differences among colorants ...