Bermuda grass is one of the favored lawn grass species for a lawn in full sun. On the other hand, it is very unpopular when it grows as a weed in flower gardens and shrub borders. Bermuda grass ...

Regular readers of this column already know about Bermuda grass, and some of you have already taken steps to banish the nasty weed from your gardens and lawns. Because there is seed in your soil and ...

Spring brings lots of lawn and garden questions from Houston Chronicle readers. Here are a few. Q: Our lawn is Bermuda grass, but it is growing up through the garden beds. I researched fusalide, but ...

Let’s focus on controlling Bermuda grass this fall. Common Bermuda grass is sometimes called “devil’s grass” by old-timers. All types of Bermuda grass, from common (the weed) to hybrid Bermuda (think ...

Try these methods to prevent and kill grass in flower beds without damaging your other plants. Have you noticed that grass refuses to thrive in your lawn, but it's lush and green in your flower beds?

Q: We have a very lovely and well-tended hybrid Bermuda lawn. This past fall, and now this summer, it has been invaded by a weed called oxalis. What are your suggestions for killing this weed and not ...

Q: A few years ago, I planted the tall version of purple ruellia. It’s beautiful, and it takes no care. However, it’s spreading like wildfire. It even sends runners up underground into my planters and ...

Lush, healthy grass is beautiful when it grows where you planted it, but its appearance is less exciting when it pops up uninvited in various places throughout your garden. Beyond aesthetics, grass ...

Judging from recent questions, you know that we are heading into fall planting time. QOne side of my front yard, between my driveway and the neighbor's lawn, is a narrow and steep slope that is 15 ...

If Bermuda grass doesn’t sound tropical I don’t know what does. And, if it is tropical, what is it doing growing in Kansas? Good question. Basically the answer is, because it can. North eastern Kansas ...