These perennial grasses are beautiful and expertly enhance the flowers in your.
Ornamental grass red. One of our favorite grasses switch grass offers airy plumes in late summer and fall. Top 10 ornamental grasses. 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. This vibrant grass makes a fabulous feature plant providing architecture and colour to the garden.
It looks great during the season too. In late summer it is topped with a sumptuous display of slender fluffy red flower heads that droop demurely towards the ground. To 5 feet tall. Full sun or part shade and well drained soil size.
978 0 88192 983 6 the plantfinder s guide to ornamental grasses by roger grounds david charles publishers isbn 0 7153 0638 3 the color encyclopedia of ornamental grasses by rick darke timber press isbn 0 88192 464 4. What makes these grasses or grass like plants decorative is their aesthetically pleasing contribution to your garden. The grass has an upright growth habit and is popular choice for borders. In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina.
Although frost hardy it is best protected from cold wet winter weather. Red switch grass panicum virgatum rotstrahlbusch is a native ornamental grass of japan and is often considered one of the best red ornamental grasses with bright red tinged foliage and burgundy seedheads. Designing with grasses by neil lucas timber press isbn 13. These books are made available through the rhs lindley library.
Ornamental grasses come in various shapes sizes and colors. The grass is a native of the open grounds and. Panicum virgatum growing conditions. It also produces attractive coral pink plumes in late summer on tall stems towering over the foliage.