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Back Introducing. Grasses Grasses, and the grass-like rushes and sedges, make an excellent addition to any garden. True grasses, including ornamental grasses and bamboos, generally prefer sunny well drained spots. Rushes and sedges have similar strap like leaves to grasses, but are a different botanical family.
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1) Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' 2) Elymus magellanicus 3) Festuca glauca 4) Hakonechloa macra 5) Imperata cylindrica 6) Koeleria glauca 7) Luzula sylvatica 8) Milium effusum 9) Melica uniflora 10) Pennisetum villosum 11) Sesleria caerulea 12) Nassella tenuissima
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12 Best Ornamental Grasses for Your Landscape
Grasses also act as an interesting contrast to other plants and can be used effectively in the sensory garden or to soften areas of hard landscaping. Ornamental varieties combine well with flowering perennials or broad-petalled flowering shrubs to create a subtle or explosive splash of colour.
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12 Best Ornamental Grasses for Your Landscape
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Our ornamental grasses for the garden are available all year round and are perfect for growing in UK conditions. Browse our huge selection of grasses for gardens which will add texture, movement and year-round interest to your garden Grasses are easy to grow, low maintenance and offer year-round interest.
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Gardening experts recommend the best native grasses to support wildlife, reduce water consumption and put on a spectacular show Sign up to our newsletter The best native grasses will adorn your yard with textured foliage (Image credit: Alamy/John Glover) Jump to category: 7 of the best native grasses for different climates FAQs By Zia Allaway
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9-11 Height/Spread: Upright arching habit, 2 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide Exposure: Full sun to partial shade Add soft texture and graceful movement to the landscape, with months of color from summer to frost. Deep purple foliage is topped by dusky mauve flower plumes on graceful, arching stems.
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3) Pennisetum. Pennisetum advena. Commonly known as 'fountain grasses', this is another type of ornamental grass well worth considering in a UK garden. Pennisetum orientale 'Fairy Tails'. Pennisetum orientale 'Fairy Tails' is a perennial, deciduous grass that can grow up to around 1.2m tall.
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12 Best Ornamental Grasses for Your Landscape
Ornamental Grasses for the Garden. Proven Winners. 18 Top Ornamental Grasses. While flowers are the flamboyant stars of the garden, the supporting cast is sometimes overlooked. Ornamental grasses offer subtle beauty and multi-seasonal interest, even when there's not much else going on in the garden. Get suggestions for your garden for tall or.
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Looking to enhance your garden with ornamental grasses? Here's our pick of 20 of the best. Ornamental grasses offer gardens an unparalleled combination of long-lasting form and colour, along with airy grace, charm, and movement. As well as attractive foliage, many ornamental grasses bear flowers in summer that last for months.
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Tall grasses in a large grouping can be a perfect solution for blocking an unpleasant view or screening an area of your yard from view of passersby or the neighbors. For best effect, choose taller species such as big bluestem, maiden grass (shown here), and moor grass, all of which can reach about 6 feet tall when in bloom.
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12 Best Ornamental Grasses for Your Landscape By Lisa Hallett Taylor Updated on 04/21/23 Reviewed by Kathleen Miller The Spruce / Autumn Wood Ornamental grass can be used in landscapes for nonstop performance, strength, and visual impact.
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02 of 21 Fountain Grass Marty Baldwin A beautiful, mounding plant, fountain grass has a graceful shape, plus soft, feathery plumes that dance in the breeze. Name: Pennisetum alopecuroides Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil Size: To 5 feet tall Zones: 5-9 03 of 21 Little Bluestem John Reed Forsman
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01 of 10 Zebra Grass (Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus') The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Plants with variegated foliage —foliage with a multicolored pattern—are quite popular among gardeners. The foliage of zebra grass can add both visual interest and privacy to your landscape.
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Quick facts Our top 5 ornamental grasses: Hakonochloa macra 'Aureola' AGM Miscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo' AGM Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Edith Dudszus' Pennisetum villosumum AGM Stipa gigantea AGM Jump to Introduction Practical considerations Suitable plants Useful resources Introduction