![]() See more ideas about garden design, landscape design, ornamental grasses. From there, water the grasses as they’re getting established and during dry spells, and plan to trim back perennial grasses in the early spring.Īnd now for our favorite ornamental grasses for your garden. Explore Mary Basnight's board 'Ornamental Grasses Garden Design', followed by 1,040 people on Pinterest. Then refill the soil, pat down firmly, and water well. When you're ready to plant the grass of your choosing, dig a hole two to three times the width of the pot and place the plant in the hole, roughing up the sides of the root ball with your gloved hand if roots are winding around inside the pot. Ornamental Grasses: Wolfgang Oehme and the New American Garden Leppert, Stefan on. A few Maiden or Pampas gives a tropical feel to swimming pool areas as they create privacy from neighbors’ prying eyes. Planting several in a group they will block an unsightly view and create privacy. Maiden and Pampas grass can grow 6-8’ tall and wide. ![]() Annual grasses, by contrast, need to be replanted every year, although they will sometimes make it through the winter in warm climates. Larger growing ornamental grasses make wonderful screens and living fences. Also keep in mind that there are two types of perennial ornamental grasses: cool season, which grow when temperatures are cool in the spring, then are dormant in the heat of summer and warm season, which grow best in warm weather. Most need full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sun), but some take shade, as a plant tag or description will indicate. Some of the more hardy and popular ornamental grasses are red fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum), pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) with its lovely cotton candy-pink plumes. Samuel Moore, director of garden and landscape design company Consilium Hortus, explains how he used Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' otherwise known as fountain grass in this garden. To pick the variety that's best for your yard, consider which will best survive winter based on your USDA Hardiness zone. As well as creating taller screens for privacy, ornamental grasses can also be used for more subtle garden divider ideas. Unlike other grasses, they are meant to grown, not be mown, and come in all sorts of shapes, sizes (from 1 foot to 15 feet in height), varieties, and colors. No matter the time of year, they will add texture and interest and move with the breeze. But nothing has the versatility and is as easy to care for as elegant ornamental grasses for your beds and containers. You've planted a flower garden and perhaps even your own vegetables.
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