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Ornamental grass - Miscanthus?
I've never grown ornamental grass before but following a house move I have quite a large deciduous one. It was not cut back last year. Today I removed all the dead structural stems (they were up to eight feet tall) and now it is as pictured - some of last year's remaining stems have sprouted and there a few new shoots coming up from the base. Based on a quick web search I think it is a Miscanthus. Should I leave it now for this year, or would it be better to cut it down to the ground leaving only the new shoots? It is in a sheltered spot in Gloucestershire so I don't think there will be any significant frosts now.
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I'd cut it back. It hasn't done mine any harm!
yes, I agree, Those stems are over, the new shoots are for this year
In the sticks near Peterborough
Many thanks autumnglory and nutcutlet, I'll give it a go!
I have several clumps of large ornamental grasses , I Cut them back each year , mine about four weeks back .
I leave them the through winter for the birds,. seed . .
Again One I leave ,
,it provides the birds with nesting material.
Yes, its great having birds around, granma, and we try to leave them plenty to go at. We cleaned and dried an old nestbox in early March, removed a perch (!) and primed the box with wood shavings - the blue tits have been in and out ever since, so fingers crossed for a brood.