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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES: Grasses provide structure and texture to your garden, offering many shapes, heights and colors. Most will “bloom’ with attractive seed fronds that move with the breeze.
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ORNAMENTAL GRASSES: Grasses provide structure and texture to your garden, offering many shapes, heights and colors. Most will “bloom’ with attractive seed fronds that move with the breeze.
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From spring green to winter gold, the drama of grasses is nonstop. There are the striking yellow-and-green ostrich plumes of Zebra Grass. The fine-textured leaves of Blue Oat Grass..
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A garden is not complete without patches of ornamental grasses in different areas of the garden. It not only provides decoration, but these grasses are also becoming popular because they can tolerate the hard weather as well as soils that are not very healthy. If you want to know what ornamental grasses are the best to use in your yard, here is the list of the top 10 ornamental grasses:
• Feather reedgrass- also known as Karl Foerster, this grass can grow healthy in all types of weather, even in winter. Its tips are like white feathers, hence the name.
• Fountain grass- As its name implies, it grows up to 5 feet tall and its leaves scatter like a fountain with white feathery plumes at its tips. Its scientific name is Pennisetum alopecuroides.
• Zebra grass- Zebra grass is one of the top choices of gardeners since its tips are bright yellow and it stands upright, which makes it very attractive. It also grows very well in full sun and moist soil but can also thrive in poor soil.
• Switch grass- Switch grass is one of those grasses that grows plumes in large amounts, which makes it a great ornamental grass to put in the garden. Its famous variety is the Dallas Blues, wherein it has blue plumes that turn into a shade of gold during autumn.
• Blue oatgrass- Famous for its low maintenance, the blue oatgrass grows its leaves like a fountain, but not too much that it will take over your whole garden. Its trademark is its silver blue color.
• Dwarf mondo grass- This member of the lily family is a dark shade of green, giving it the appearance of common grass. The biggest advantage of this type is that it doesn’t need to be mowed if used as a mass planting. Also consider its close cousin, liriope spicata.
• Purple fountaingrass- Its unique burgundy red color makes it one of the best choices of ornamental grasses for gardeners since its color makes the garden more beautiful. It is usually used by people who have container gardens.
• Japanese forestgrass- Its gold-colored leaves make it very attractive and it can also give a glowing illusion when placed under a shade. It grows in a mounding style which makes it a very beautiful addition in gardens as well as on the sides of ponds.
• Purple millet- This ornamental grass has purple or burgundy foliage that has a fuzzy appearance, is tough and can grow in full sun or in shade. It grows about four feet tall and prefers full sun.
• Maidengrass- Although maidengrass is a common grass, it is also one of the most beautiful ornamental grasses. The color of its leaves is silver and it is very beautiful to look at, especially if the grasses are in clusters.
Most of these grasses can grow the whole year round and also bloom even in the toughest weather. This is the reason why many gardeners are now putting more and more ornamental grasses in their gardens.






























