I have lots of grasses in my garden around 13 stipa, a miscanthus, a red one which i think is the same as one in your 5th picture and a couple of others. I love them!! How they sway and move with the wind - it's hypnotic.
Ppauper - I agree with you. They have to be carefully used or they look like a heap of s****.
I used to love them, then fell out of love with them. Unless you have room to do the Prairie thing properly, I think they can look pretty ugly. I only have a few now, and they include Hakonechloa, which is a beautiful think in it's own right. I think that's the key. If they don't look anything special as a stand alone plant, then they tend to look messy and pretty weedy.
They always get touted as being stunning in frosty weather - the flower heads anyway. Up here they look awful because they get rained on copiously in autumn and look pretty hideous instead.
Just my opinion of course....but based on my experience.
Don't get me started on the 'blue' ones....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Still don't have grasses, not a fan. I have lots of dahlias, now they are really worth it. Tried a red pennisetum once, didn't grow well and died in the winter. A friend of mine is actually growing Panicum grass - I couldn't believe it, it's such a weed here and has got into my veg garden where I can't seem to get rid of the stuff.
They've ripped up the flowers and sown grasses in a municipal bed here, looks a right mess. Was so pretty in past years.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
It's just our climate and soil here Verd. Picking the right thing is key. I've gradually learned that they really don't look as good as they would in your climate. They're good if associated well with other good, 'shapely' planting...
Phormiums, on the other hand - now that's a different thing entirely....
The blue grasses just look grey ...and disappear into the grey sky.....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Though they look good in your garden, Verdun. I think Fairygirl it probably correct about the right conditions. It's too hot and dry here. I don't even have a lawn anymore, it's brown, hasn't needed cutting for weeks. Can't waste water on it, need it for the flowers and veg.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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oh wow!!!! So beautiful!!!
I have lots of grasses in my garden around 13 stipa, a miscanthus, a red one which i think is the same as one in your 5th picture and a couple of others. I love them!! How they sway and move with the wind - it's hypnotic.
Ppauper - I agree with you. They have to be carefully used or they look like a heap of s****.
I used to love them, then fell out of love with them. Unless you have room to do the Prairie thing properly, I think they can look pretty ugly. I only have a few now, and they include Hakonechloa, which is a beautiful think in it's own right. I think that's the key. If they don't look anything special as a stand alone plant, then they tend to look messy and pretty weedy.
They always get touted as being stunning in frosty weather - the flower heads anyway. Up here they look awful because they get rained on copiously in autumn and look pretty hideous instead.
Just my opinion of course....but based on my experience.
Don't get me started on the 'blue' ones....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Still don't have grasses, not a fan. I have lots of dahlias, now they are really worth it. Tried a red pennisetum once, didn't grow well and died in the winter. A friend of mine is actually growing Panicum grass - I couldn't believe it, it's such a weed here and has got into my veg garden where I can't seem to get rid of the stuff.
They've ripped up the flowers and sown grasses in a municipal bed here, looks a right mess. Was so pretty in past years.
It's just our climate and soil here Verd. Picking the right thing is key. I've gradually learned that they really don't look as good as they would in your climate. They're good if associated well with other good, 'shapely' planting...
Phormiums, on the other hand - now that's a different thing entirely....
The blue grasses just look grey ...and disappear into the grey sky.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Though they look good in your garden, Verdun. I think Fairygirl it probably correct about the right conditions. It's too hot and dry here. I don't even have a lawn anymore, it's brown, hasn't needed cutting for weeks. Can't waste water on it, need it for the flowers and veg.