WEEDS can be unruly and fast-growing, taking over your gorgeous green space in a flash. Though some lawn weeds are glaringly obvious, there is one "very common" plant you might not notice springing up ...

Chambers Bay Golf Course reopened to the public on Wednesday, after being closed since October to convert greens from fescue to poa annua grass. Poa annua is the predominant Northwest greens grass.

Go ahead and take a look at your lawn. Now, make an educated guess on what type of grass makes up your little piece of suburbia. There’s a good chance the answer is Kentucky Bluegrass, which is ...

Last week, I had a lot of calls and pictures sent to me from people concerned about a strange, pale green grass growing in their lawn. The grass became noticeable when it began to sprout seedheads.

Q: I had a bright green grass this spring with very thin blades. It grew much more rapidly and taller, with thinner blades than the regular grass. By late spring it had progressed and taken over a ...

Chambers Bay will be closed for five months while it focuses on improving the grass on the golf course. After complaints about dirt-and-sandpaper greens during the 2015 U.S. Open, the University Place ...

Poa annua is a prolific seed producer at any height of cut. The grass’ ability to seed contributes to its spread, and the seedheads can affect putting green smoothness in spring. Poa plants are also ...

It’s nearly impossible to get rid of. Golf course greens keepers have spent thousands of dollars trying to kill it. Indian Canyon pro Gary Lindeblad compared it to cancer. Golfers at this year’s U.S.

Aim: Poa annua L. (annual bluegrass) is presently the sole invasive vascular plant species to have successfully established in Maritime Antarctica, where it poses a significant conservation threat to ...

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. >> The return of major championship golf to the Pacific Northwest may depend on the fate of the greens at Chambers Bay. The maligned putting surfaces on the links-style layout ...

UNIVERSITY PLACE — If Chambers Bay golf greens had feelings, they would need their mothers to comfort them. Mike Davis, the executive director of the USGA, admitted before the first ball was struck ...