Watering: Following planting, give your blue fescue grasses a slow, deep watering as they establish themselves. Water weekly or every other week during the summer for the first year. Annual mulching ...

A yard with ornamental grass adds more than visual interest. Along with numerous environmental benefits, many varieties can be more helpful than you think.

Ornamental grasses have grown on home gardeners and professional landscapers. Skip to content. ... From colossal 12-feet tall stands of pampas grass to squat tufts of blue fescue, ...

Blue fescue grass is the ornamental grass choice for a small specimen. It grows to 8 inches tall. The foliage is fine-bladed and silvery blue.

The drive into the Clif Bar facility is bordered by ornamental grasses, mainly Karl Foerster feather reed grass and blue oat grass, punctuated with swaths of blue fescue, basin wild rye, panic ...

Ornamental grasses are low-maintenance and can add height, color and texture to your garden. They can be used as groundcover, for erosion control, or as design elements.

Ornamental grasses are classified by two growing periods — the cool season and the warm. Cool season grasses, such as fescue and stipa, begin growth in late winter, flesh out fully in spring and ...

Mounding grasses include Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca), Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’), Hair’s Tail (Lagurus ovatus (annual)), Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens ...

Blue fescue. Festuca glauca. The European native grows in short tufts suited for edges or accents. By summer’s end, its thin blue-green blades resemble the color of blond straw.

The Gardener Within: Ornamental grasses have gone from one of the best-kept secrets in landscape design to mainstream favorites. Here's how to add them to your garden.