Really interested to see this. Hostafan and Netsniper - do you think the plant I have in this pot is also phalaris unundinacea picta?
I've had it for years and years. Took it out of the garden years ago because the leaves were always dirtied with the soil and it spoiled the look. I kept meaning to make a grit garden but put it in a pot instead where the leaves could come over the sides. It stays the same year after year. I give it the occasional water but it never changes and seems healthy enough always outside in all weathers. PS: It has rained and drizzled since the middle of the night so it's looking a bit drippy just now.
Really interested to see this. Hostafan and Netsniper - do you think the plant I have in this pot is also phalaris unundinacea picta?
I've had it for years and years. Took it out of the garden years ago because the leaves were always dirtied with the soil and it spoiled the look. I kept meaning to make a grit garden but put it in a pot instead where the leaves could come over the sides. It stays the same year after year. I give it the occasional water but it never changes and seems healthy enough always outside in all weathers. PS: It has rained and drizzled since the middle of the night so it's looking a bit drippy just now.
Hi B3. Yes, I'm not so sure myself either. I don't suppose my little thing has ever flourished to the full as I've retricted it to life in a little pot and I also move it around all the time so it will be in sun, out of sun, in a corner, not in a corner. So it does look less of an example than netsniper's stunning ones to start with.
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Really interested to see this. Hostafan and Netsniper - do you think the plant I have in this pot is also phalaris unundinacea picta?
I've had it for years and years. Took it out of the garden years ago because the leaves were always dirtied with the soil and it spoiled the look. I kept meaning to make a grit garden but put it in a pot instead where the leaves could come over the sides. It stays the same year after year. I give it the occasional water but it never changes and seems healthy enough always outside in all weathers. PS: It has rained and drizzled since the middle of the night so it's looking a bit drippy just now.
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I agree with B3 that it is not invasive in clay soil. I love the individual bar codes on each leaf!
Looks similar but mine seems to have broader Grass. Mine has always been in full sunlight and I never water it
Yes I always cut back the old ready for the new. Mine is always in full sun
Yarrow. I m no grass expert, but it doesn't look the same to me . Yours are thinner, stiffer and more yellow.
Hi B3. Yes, I'm not so sure myself either. I don't suppose my little thing has ever flourished to the full as I've retricted it to life in a little pot and I also move it around all the time so it will be in sun, out of sun, in a corner, not in a corner. So it does look less of an example than netsniper's stunning ones to start with.
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yarrow, yours is not gardeners garters, but at the moment I cannot remember what it is!
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Yarrow - I think yours is Carex oshimensis Evergold, or a similar variety
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Aha! Thanks punkdoc and Fairygirl. Fairygirl - Carex oshimensis Evergold certainly sounds familiar. I'm thinking you must be right. Thank you.