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For an easy and low-maintenance design choice, ornamental grasses are one of the most useful plants you can include in your garden. Grasses work with just about every style of yard, and their many ...

Ornamental grasses can be used in borders, containers, rock gardens, mass plantings, and even as hedges. There are dozens of varieties that are adapted to our climate.

Ornamental grasses are an often-overlooked group of herbaceous perennials that thrive here, and will add beauty to your landscape with minimal effort. View full sizeThinkstockSome ornamental ...

As a result, many gardeners are reluctant to purposefully plant grasses into flower beds or borders in their landscape. Ornamental grasses, however, are not rampantly aggressive and are truly ...

Let ornamental grasses transform your fall and winter horizon with arresting autumn hues, ... And when planted with evergreens, they bring softness to beds and borders.

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.

Wherever you go now there are ornamental grasses, in borders among shrubs and herbaceous perennials, as specimens, in pots and sometimes there are borders and even whole gardens dedicated to them.

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Ornamental grasses are tough, drought-tolerant plants that can add structure, texture and color to any garden. They come straight and tall, wide and wispy, even short and spiky. Some also add two ...

Ornamental grasses make excellent screen plants to hide unsightly propane tanks and air conditioners, or for privacy around patios and decks. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

An ornamental grass that gets pinkish fall plumes: George’s Plant Pick of the Week. Published: ; Oct. 14, 2023, 7:00 a.m.