Grasses

updated Feb 02, 2009 by Nick Thorp

Grasses are a recent feature to landscape design. The wide color range and tidy growth habit provide a refined touch within a design plan. The vertical arching habit of grasses complements the denser and more rounded structures in the mixed border. Grasses are most commonly deciduous but a variety of sedges are evergreen perennials. When the grass dies back in the fall it can be cut back to the ground or left for structural interest over winter and then cut back in the spring before new growth appears. Generally most grasses thrive in sunny, moist, well drained soils.

GRASS CHOICES OF THE MONTH

TUFTED HAIRGRASS

Deschampsia cespitosa
Info from WNPS

RED FESCUE

Festuca Rubra
Info from WNPS

SLOUGH SEDGE

Carex obnupta
Info from WNPS

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Grasses

GRASS CHOICES OF THE MONTH

TUFTED HAIRGRASS

RED FESCUE

SLOUGH SEDGE

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