Ornamental grass care is easy as pie: Cut back dry stems in the spring, water and control weeds and pests during summer, and let the plants be in fall and winter.

German ace Alexander Zverev has won 24 ATP titles, and remarkably none of them have come on the grass surface. He had a chance on Sunday in Stuttgart to win his first grass title.

After taking a look at the price of turf and gulping, I turned to grass seed, only to be delighted with the results - and how quickly the lawn is looking back to normal. Combing through the ...