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Can this grass be saved?

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    All the advice given so far has been to leave until Spring, as with most dormant plants.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Thank you all so much. I will definitely wait to see how it develops. I’m also sure that after the 7 weeks of warm and rainy Atlantic weather, we will get a different weather in the first week of February and it could be a high with frost and snow. Who knows, let’s see in Spring what survived. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • McRazzMcRazz Posts: 440
    Plantminded said:
    As @GardenerSuze has said, you can cut back Carex by up to 50%.  It's best to do this in March/April, but not in autumn or winter.  
    I watched my neighbours fell their glorious Miscanthus Sinensis yesterday in its winter prime. Part of me died. 
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    May be they're expecting an early Spring @McRazz!  Miscanthus don't seem to object to an early pruning but to do this when it's still looking good is not typical of a respectful gardener!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Mcrazz That is sad. Some gardener take time to avoid the new shoots when cutting back Miscanthus end of Feb early March. I just cut back the lot, it soon gets going again. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I love skeletal grasses etc but there is a part of me that wants them all GONE at this time of year, so they don't distract from the bulbs and signs of new growth that are starting to appear.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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