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Native Grasses Collection |
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Center, in the photo above, is a white
Pampas
grass
Cortaderia selloana
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Right is dwarf
maiden grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'.
This grass will grow to
about 3'x3'. |
Seen through
the red
yucca is
a
group of Maiden
grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'.
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I got
the
white
pampas
grass
from the
neighbor
next
door in
2007. It
is
flanked
by two
hardy
pampas
grasses
Saccharum
ravennae
which
came
from a
gallon
pot that
I bought
and
divided.
Each
plant
originally
had only
three
blades
of
grass,
so you
can see
how
rapidly
the
ravennae
grass
grows.
Ravennna
grass
will
grow in
areas
that are
too cold
for
pampas
grass.
Thus the
name
"hardy
pampas
grass".
These
grasses
were
planted
to
provide
privacy
and to
fill up
space. |
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If I could have only one
ornamental, the Miscanthus
sinenis
'Gracillimus'grass this
would be my choice. It
comes back quickly after
being cut back in the
spring and is a
beautiful fresh green.
Oleanders fill the space
behind the maiden grass
and give additional
height and privacy. |
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The photo above left was taken
after
the
grasses
had
begun to
fill in.
Switch
grass
Panicum
virgatum
'Prairie Sky'
which is the bluest
of the switch grasses
is
in the front.
After cutting the grasses to the
ground
in
February,
I
covered
the area
with a
new
layer of
free
mulch
from
Kerrville
Schreiner
Park. |
Unfortunately switch grass
tends to
flop
after
a
hard
rain.
I did
not get
the
supports
in on
time
with the
'Prairie
Sky'
so I put
them in
early
for the Panicum virgatum
'Shenandoah' which I
planted this spring
2009.
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Above, left, are my Miscanthus
sinensis 'Varigatus',
which is green and white
striped, 'Huron
Sunrise' which is
solid green, and 'Cosmopolitan'
which is yellow and
green and is the largest
of my collection. Along
the path are
Miscanthus s. 'Purplesence'
and dwarf fountain
grass Pennisetum
alopecuroides 'Hamelin'.
In the center is
Miscanthus s. 'Morning
Light'. In the back
are switch grass and
Lindheimer muhly. There
is a nice variety of
colors and sizes, and
the infloresence (seed
heads) of the grasses
are beautiful when the
sun is low in the sky. |
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