Question: In the gardening calendar, you mentioned pruning ornamental grasses. Is pampas grass an ornamental, and if so, how much should I prune? Mine would still look nice if they were not pruned.

Q: I have some pampas grass which is dead in the center. Does cleaning it out promote additional growth there? Steve Stern, email A: This is a common problem with pampas grass. It is almost ...

This is an encore column by Robert Stiffler. The following questions originally were published in 1990. Q. Information on pampas grass would be helpful, including the appropriate time to trim back the ...

Gardeners are in a pruning state of mind, so today I answer questions some readers sent after my pruning column a couple Sundays ago. Q: I have three pampas grass plants that stand about 5 feet and 2 ...

With the weather improving, some people have contacted Cooperative Extension with questions over the past few days. Even though cold winter weather is still a possibility, homeowners have hopes for ...

Q The plume of my Pampas grass plant was broken off by a grandchild. Will the plant produce another, and if so, how can I assist that regeneration? A Pampas grass is a perennial grass that comes back ...

Q: Could you explain the reason you don’t recommend burning pampas grass in spring? I am weary of cutting back this monster every year, and it is impossible to scrape out all the dead junk in the ...