Think outside the turf box and consider beautiful ornamental grasses. They'll add dramatic effects to any landscape or garden ...

Miscanthus are fantastic, dependable, and low-maintenance ornamental grasses that come in a wide range of sizes and offer a wealth of benefits to a backyard space. Growing arcs of foliage topped with ...

Shrubs and trees are best planted in autumn and winter, giving them time to put down roots so they’re ready to cope with ...

A Miscanthus farm walk and power station tour will explore how farmers are benefitting from a renewable crop that’s powering ...

From a broader agricultural perspective, that's a pretty undesirable tradeoff," Leakey said. But C4 crops—including sorghum, ...

The scientists from Aberystwyth University were part of a global team to sequence the genome of miscanthus, known as elephant grass. Native to Africa and South Asia, it grows up to 10ft (3m ...

As researchers discover new ways to engineer plants for biofuel production, the variety of biomasses continues to grow.

Incentives should be given to farmers to increase production of fuel crops like Miscanthus on marginal land. Even with electric vehicles, biofuels will still be needed for aviation and heavy goods ...

WHEN Chris Bonnett was a teenager, his sixth form business studies project was to see if a new phenomenon called ‘the ...

In the autumn garden, don’t waste a second of precious late-season sunshine. Embrace the glow of gorgeous reds, golds, umbers ...

The new President of the Newport and District Agricultural Society has been named as David Jones. David grew up on a farm ...

Thousands of new homes across Somerset could be delivered simply by upgrading waste water treatment plants, according to a councillor.