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Pampas grass for light shade - any 1st hand experience?

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  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    herbaceous said:
    Some of us remember those days @Skylarks and have a deep seated cultural and social aversion to putting the plant anywhere near the garden  :D 
    I remember as a teenager, one of my friends had one in their front garden, now I’m wondering if his parents were/are.... 😬
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    If it was late 60s or early 70s then almost certainly

    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • dilbydilby Posts: 78
    Hmm so I'm from Australia so am I right in saying there is a cultural view of this plant I'm not aware of? Is it the equivalent of duck a l'orange? haha. Did everyone go crazy with it once?
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    The swinging 60s hit suburbia @dilby but that may be another cultural period you are unfamiliar with?  Sex, drugs and Rock 'n' Roll were supposedly the order of the day, many of us around at that time feel like we must have missed something although I did enjoy the R&R !!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I must get one... I could do with a bit of excitement right now..
    ..goes well with Rose 'Golden Showers'...
    East Anglia, England
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    edited May 2020
    @herbaceous, was late 70s to 80s. They could have been there a while 😉

    Marlorena said:
    I must get one... I could do with a bit of excitement right now..
    ..goes well with Rose 'Golden Showers'...
    😂
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    ...throw in Rose 'Hanky Panky' and you've got the treble up... it'll be your lucky day... maybe not this year though...
    East Anglia, England
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    We have some lovely dwarf Pampas (Splendid Star).  They are a stunning white colour, and we are growing them in pots.  I'm always wary of the word dwarf, having found many that turned out to be giants.  They can take semi-shade.
  • OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
    Marlorena said:
    I must get one... I could do with a bit of excitement right now..
    ..goes well with Rose 'Golden Showers'...
    Marlorena 🤣
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Well, if we’re descending into toilet talk, how about Leucanthemum Superbum?
    Rutland, England
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