Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental Grasses
Grasses are the most successful group of plants on earth, for not only are they found in almost every habitat, but they also dominate large areas of the planet.

Ornamental Grasses
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Long relegated only to the lawn, ornamental grasses are increasingly being used to provide interesting texture and form in the garden.

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Ornamental Grasses: Stipa tennuifolia
Botanical name: Stipa tennuifolia
Common name: Grass, Silky Thread
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Ornamental Grasses Ornamental grasses were only recently introduced to the American garden. Their dramatic form adds a valuable element to gardens.

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Ornamental grasses - add an extra dimension to the garden
Ornamental grass is coming into its own as a decorative element. It brings movement, sound and texture into the garden, elements that are not readily found in most other garden plants.

Ornamental Grasses
Prepared by Karen Russ, HGIC Horticulture Specialist & Bob Polomski Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. (Revised 11/04. Images added 09/07.)
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Ornamental grasses can be used as fillers or specimens, border plants or background plantings, as ground covers or screens, or they may be grown as container plants.

Ornamental grasses add unique texture to the landscape. Soft, mounding grasses such as fountaingrass look great with plants that have a bolder texture, for example.

Choosing Ornamental Grasses for Your Garden
Choosing an Ornamental Grass
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Plant Database - Ornamental Grasses
Maiden Grass
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Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses add grace and motion to the garden with straplike foliage that sways in the gentlest breeze.

Ornamental Grasses
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The ornamental grasses have become popular and important landscape additions over the past decade, and rightly so.

Ornamental grasses are grasses grown as ornamental plants. They have become increasingly popular in gardens in recent years.
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3 Examples
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Ornamental Grasses
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Best ornamental grasses
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Ornamental grasses and Bamboos.
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Ornamental grasses bring interesting color, movement and texture to the garden year-round. The plumes, or flowers, bloom in spring, summer and fall.
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ornamental grasses and bamboos, perennials,
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"Ornamental grasses can be a beautiful addition to any garden," said Mary
Hockenberry Meyer, co-author of Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates
Grasses vary in color, size, and growth patterns and can add a nice sense
of movement to your landscaping.

Other ornamental grasses may get bigger and have more stature in the landscape, but none will present a more appealing display when the light conditions are just right.

Some varieties of ornamental grasses can be dried for indoor decorations.
Propagation:
Ornamental Grass are grown from seed. They can be directly seeded into your flower garden or started indoors for transplanting later.

Miscanthus is a group of ornamental grasses that make excellent perennials. They are clump forming plants with reed-like stems and leaves that are narrow and arch to the ground.

Indiangrass is recommended for use as an accent in landscapes where North American native species are preferred over exotic ornamental grasses such as Miscanthus, fountaingrass or pampas grass.

'Autumn Joy' looks great with ornamental grasses.
Noteworthy characteristics: The long-blooming flowers change from deep pink to copper. Attracts butterflies.

Ornamental Grasses, here defined, are the perennial ornamental plants in the Grass Family (Poaceae) excluding turf grass and bamboo.

One of the most popular of the ornamental grasses, its airy plumes of flowers glisten in the morning dew and sway in gentle breezes. The handsome, arching, clumping foliage of some varieties provide rich fall foliage color.

[162]Grounds. R. Ornamental Grasses.
Cultivation details of many of the grasses and bamboos. Well illustrated.
[177]Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption.

Loewer, Peter. (1995). Better Homes and Gardens Ornamental Grasses., Desmoine, Iowa: Meredith Books, Round Table Press, Inc.

For drama almost anything else would be better, but it is a perfect year-round substitute for small ornamental grasses in any location that is mildly wet to boggy.

Cheddar Pinks has glaucous blue-gray to blue-green evergreen foliage in prostrate form, which could be used as an edger, groundcover, or perennial for sunny sites, or to complement the blue-foliaged ornamental grasses (e.g. Festuca, Helictotrichon) ...

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