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Ornamental grasses

richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
in Problem solving
I've bought a load of stipa tunissima, stipa gigantea and pheasant tail grass and was wondering if it's to late to plant in October? Or should I wait till spring? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I would plant them all
    now while the soils still relatively warm.
    Grasses hate being planted into cold soil ... and in the spring the soil will be cold. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
    I'll get cracking then thank you ☺ 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Stipas will not enjoy being wet at their feet or too cold either - I lost all mine in my last garden and they included those 3 - so give them somewhere well drained and sheltered from serious cold.   
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
    It's quite sheltered and I'm adding grit and a lot of compost and rotted manure so fingers crossed. I live in Swansea, south wales so quite mild for a while 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That should be OK then.  It was a wet December and then -25C in Jan that finished ours off in rural central Belgium.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • richardwatsonjoinerrichardwatsonjoiner Posts: 30
    Haha I think I'd wither in that temperature ❄ 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No.  It's usually dry and sunny when that happens so you rug up and take the dogs for long walkies.  Not so good for plants tho cos there's usually no snow for insulation.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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