A well-maintained lawn also better tolerates heat, cold, and drought, however too much fertilizer or applications made at the ...

As the temperatures get warmer in the Lowcountry and April turns into May, many homeowners turn their attention to lawn care. The temptation to use a fertilizer or a weed-and-seed product in early- to ...

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.

Warm season grasses like zoysia and buffalo tend to get overlooked. It’s all about the dark green, lush bluegrass and fescue lawns that grow in so many metro yards. I must admit I rarely talk about ...

A. Zoysia is a warm season grass. It will turn brown during the winter and start to green up when the soil temperature reaches 50 degrees in the spring. It is usually started by installing plugs, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. I'm wondering if it's still too early to fertilize our zoysia lawn. As of now, I've cut the dead grass as low as our mower can be ...

Question: Our zoysia lawn has turned brown due to the cold. What care does it need and when will it turn green? Answer: Residents can paint their zoysia green, but most leave it brown and wait until ...

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: I had Emerald zoysia installed over freshly tilled soil last August. It looked great then, but it naturally turned brown during the winter. What are the best maintenance practices to keep it ...