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I’ve been designing with ornamental grasses for decades and consider them an indispensable staple not only in my own garden but in those I design. In this post, I’ll share with you my favorite grasses that have done really well for me over the years and how to use them in the garden.

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This tall switch grass is grown for its excellent color and upright form. It can reach 4 to 6 feet tall in bloom but only 2 feet wide. Its blooms are airy and appear in summer. The foliage is wider than most switch grasses, is blue-green during the growing season, and turns yellow to tan…

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Struggling with weeds in your garden? These 15 ornamental grasses offer a simple solution for natural weed control in low-maintenance landscaping designs. By adding these resilient plants to your garden, you’ll enjoy reduced weeding while boosting your landscape’s appeal. Save this pin to explore how these perennial plants can transform your gardening efforts and help you achieve a weed-free yard!

Struggling with weeds in your garden? These 15 ornamental grasses offer a simple solution for natural weed control in low-maintenance landscaping designs. By adding these resilient plants to your garden, you’ll enjoy reduced weeding while boosting your landscape’s appeal. Save this pin to explore how these perennial plants can transform your gardening efforts and help you achieve a weed-free yard!

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ornamental grasses for shade

Discover the best ornamental grasses that thrive in shaded areas of your yard. Enhance your landscaping with these beautiful and adaptable plants that add texture and interest to any shady space.

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Transform your garden with ornamental grasses for part shade. Try dune grass landscaping and grass plants landscaping front yards to make shaded spots stand out in your gardens with ornamental grasses.

Looking to add charm to your shaded garden? Discover how gardens with ornamental grasses can transform your space and learn effective tips for using grasses in landscaping for front yard landscaping—click to read and follow us for more gardening ideas!

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some very pretty tall grass by a wall

These low-maintenance outdoor plants are hardy and even the toughest garden spaces can't kill them. They can survive harsh weather, poor soil, and drought.

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There is always room for smaller, low-growing ornamental grasses in a garden. Here are five to consider. From the elegance of Dwarf Fountain Grass with its late summer inflouresences or flowers, to the bold colour statement of Japanese Blood Grass and Black Mondo Grass, these grasses can add colour and movement to the garden. Sedges, too, can be perfect addition to wet areas of the garden.

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Looking to add some texture and movement to your landscape? Explore our collection of the best ornamental grasses for full sun and landscaping. These drought-tolerant options thrive in sunny conditions, making them perfect for adding interest to your garden or yard. Whether you're looking for annual or perennial varieties, these ornamental grasses are sure to make a statement in any setting.

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some very pretty white flowers and plants in the grass

Ornamental grasses are a valuable addition to any landscape, offering year-round visual interest and low maintenance appeal. Unlike lawn grasses, these

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a garden area with grass and flowers in the foreground, next to a house

Amy Powers on Instagram: "Here are two cultivars of native switchgrass: Northwind switchgrass, which gets 5 to 6 feet tall once the seeds are out at the end of the summer. The other is Shenandoah switchgrass which gets 3 feet tall and wide and has some nice burgundy color at the end of the season, this bed is getting redesigned in front of the switch grasses with low bunching grasses: side oats grama, blue grama and prairie dropseed. All three of these low bunching grasses are pure native…

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a garden with lots of green plants and trees

Lucy Tudor - Lucy Willcox Garden Design on Instagram: "As promised, here are some of the grasses I’ve used in my garden. There are a couple more I’ll post up soon. I’ll link all the grasses on my stories and then on my Highlights under “Grasses”! Always check the aspect and soil, as they have different needs and wants. In my garden I have a clay/sandy soil and these ones are in full sun/part shade. Any questions let me know …#ornamentalgrasses #ornamentalgrassesforgardens #softplanting…

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Notably wide for a Panicum, 'Niagara Falls' is excellent for filling space in the landscape. This native ornamental grass that appears like a Miscanthus in the landscape with arching foliage, but adds the powder blue color characteristic of Switch Grass. In fall, sprays of cream seed heads pack the top of the plant.

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