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Clever Use of Grasses
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Clever Use of Grasses

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Artistic considerations aside, there are also excellent practical reasons to consider adding ornamental grasses to your borders.

· Warm-season grasses wait until the weather starts heating up to put on most of their growth, so they're ideal for filling spaces left when spring bulbs and early-flowering perennials go dormant in early- to midsummer.

· Sturdy grasses can help minimize staking chores because they'll mingle with and support weaker-stemmed partners in a way that's as alluring as it is labor-saving.

· Low to medium-height grasses are perfect companions for covering the "bare ankles" of taller-growing perennials that tend to lose their lower leaves as the season progresses -including bee balm (Monarda spp.) and border phlox (Phlox paniculata), to name just two.
11-06-2006 11:36 AM
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Yes grasses can look very effective just like the picture shows. my only worry is whether they soon get out of hand and spread too far too fast.
11-07-2006 02:35 AM
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RE: Clever Use of Grasses

I just think you have to keep control of grasses like any thing that grows in the garden
12-16-2006 12:00 AM
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RE: Clever Use of Grasses

Admin is it a lot of work to keep the grasses under control?
01-07-2007 06:36 AM
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