But in the world of ornamental grasses fescues are considered low growers and are often used as edgings borders and ground covers.
Decorative grass red. Many varieties such as dallas blues offer blue gray foliage during the season and turn brilliant shades of gold or red in autumn. These perennial grasses are beautiful and expertly enhance the flowers in your. Purple fountain grass named for the arcing spikes of purplish flowers that gracefully spray out of its mass of long slender burgundy colored leaves is not a very cold hardy plant but it is well worth growing in the north even if you can enjoy it for only two seasons out of the year. Much like any facet of the garden however proper care is important to keep your ornamental grass performing at its peak.
To 5 feet tall. Ornamental grasses are easy to grow relatively easy to care for and can greatly enhance the look of nearly any garden if properly tended to. It looks great during the season too. It also produces attractive coral pink plumes in late summer on tall stems towering over the foliage.
Ornamental grasses come in various shapes sizes and colors. Top 10 ornamental grasses. Panicum virgatum growing conditions. These books are made available through the rhs lindley library.
What makes these grasses or grass like plants decorative is their aesthetically pleasing contribution to your garden. Some of the more widely used ornamental grasses aren t even a grass plant at all. One of our favorite grasses switch grass offers airy plumes in late summer and fall. Although frost hardy it is best protected from cold wet winter weather.
This vibrant grass makes a fabulous feature plant providing architecture and colour to the garden. Flame grass miscanthus sinensis purpurascens yet another tall maiden grass variety this one is highly sought after for its flaming purple red foliage in summer and fall. Designing with grasses by neil lucas timber press isbn 13. In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina.
Full sun or part shade and well drained soil size.