In 2020, my family and I started a small experiment where we removed patches of invasive Japanese stiltgrass before it went to seed and immediately replanted the plots with a native alternative. The ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in FranklinCounty profile a plant that occurs naturally in Central Ohio. After all of the fresh, new green shoots of spring, the ...

Q: I would like to transplant sea oat grass from my daughter’s house to mine. When is the best time and method? Robby Rogers, email A: Sea oats, Chasmanthium latifolium, are so easy to transplant that ...

Northern sea oats reach 2-3 feet in height with a spread of 1-2.5 feet. It grows in full sun to part shade, preferring light shade, and is one of the more shade-tolerant of the ornamental grasses.

Sea Oats create an eye-catching view along several stretches of beach in Harrison County. Along the medians, however, the plants seem to get lost among the grass and weeds. "Oh, it looks like weeds," ...

Have you ever visited somewhere else with a slightly different climate or soil type and noticed a different style of landscaping or a different collection of plants that filled those landscapes? If so ...

Nonprofit Keep Manatee Beautiful is planning a historic planting of sea oats, which anchor sand dunes that protect shorelines from erosion, flooding and storm surge. Roughly 300 volunteers are signed ...

As hurricane season continues, with last year's catastrophic storm season top of mind for many locals, Keep Manatee Beautiful is looking for 300 volunteers to join its largest sea oat planting effort ...

Sea Oats can grow roots up to 30 feet deep to hold dunes together during storms, while Bitter Panicum is a hardy, clumping grass that thrives in sandy soil.