SAN ANTONIO — Even before winter dormancy turned lawns from green to brown, drought took its toll on turf. For those thinking ahead to spring's warmer days and green grass, there's a new native grass ...

At the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley, the alkali sacaton is in full bloom. Its big airy flower heads, which rise above a mass of long, thin grass stalks alongside buckwheat and California ...

Native grasses can be used in a landscape either as specimen plants or for a bluegrass lawn alternative or to create a native prairie landscape. While a native grass lawn or prairie landscape is not ...

And unless you plant sod, which is available with some native grasses or grass mixes, it can take a while for the grasses to knit together into what we think of as a traditional lawn.

While rain might have brought cooler temperatures and a little life to area lawns, the effects of heat and drought on lawns are still evident. Because of ongoing water restrictions, it's best to wait ...

At one time not too long ago, vegetables and flowers properly belonged in your garden beds, and grasses and suchlike were relegated to the rest of the yard. That is certainly the way we started off in ...