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Tidying Ornamental Grass
DYL
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I have this small bed of ornamental grass in my lawn and I am wondering if I should be cutting it back now winter is here?
If so how much should I take off?
Or alternatively should it be left alone until a more suitable time of year?
I have no idea of grass type.
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Looks a bit like the one known as Gardener's Gaiters.(Phalaris arundinacea picta).
It depends on if you like to look at the stems covered in frost or not. If not then cut it down to the ground now, otherwise leave it until early spring/late winter (just before the new growth begins).
I cannot tell which grass it is.
Deciduous grasses should be cut back in Spring, evergreen grasses should not be cut back, simply tidied, with dead stems removed, again in Spring.
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S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Well, be that as it may, we cut back all ours starting now, even the supposedly evergreen ones. Mainly because it takes until Spring to get through them all.