"animaux" wrote in message
...
This is a list of grasses which they can be. I recommend you do a search
on the
cultivation of those grasses once you find out what you have. Some
ornamental
grasses are very invasive and spread by runners. Some are clumping
grasses
which max out in size, but can still get very large. I have a Miscanthus
sinensis 'Zebrinas' which is 8 feet tall. Here are some things for you to
search for photos and see if you can identify them.

Miscanthus sinensis
Pennisetum setaceum
Seloana cortaderia

Of all those, it looks the most like Miscanthus sinensis, in particular one
cultivar I saw called Silverfeather. I found a lot of references on the Web
for identifying and buying these grasses, but nothing so far about growing
and caring for them. Do you have any sites you can recommend?

Thanks!
Rhonda





On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:49:06 -0400, "Natty_Dread"
opined:


"animaux" wrote in message
.. .
What kind of grasses are they? I know ornamental, but which ones will
determine
how or what to do.

I don't know what the specific cultivar is - I got them at Lowe's and the
tag just said ornamental grass. They look kind of like pampas grass,
about
six feet tall with long flowing seed heads that are smooth instead of
being
fuzzy or shaggy. I don't know if that helps or not, but thanks for
trying!
:-)




On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:17:51 -0400, "Natty_Dread"

opined:

Hi friends -- Last year I planted my first two ornamental grass
plants
ever
in a border bed in my back yard, and I guess because of all the rain
we've
gotten this year, they have grown much wider in circumfrence than I
anticipated.. The two of them together are really too wide for the
bed
they're in, so I'd like to decrease their size around the middle.
What
would be the best way to accomplish this? Should I divide them in
halves
and transplant the other halves elsewhere in my yard? If so, when
would
be
the best time? I'm in the Washington DC metro area, zone 7; the seed
tops
have begun to separe, but as far as I can tell they haven't released
any
seeds yet. My soil is heavily clay, but I've amended all of my beds
so
everything I've planted has done very well with the exception of a
couple
of
dwarf euonymous bushes. The grasses currently get full sun exposure
for
most of the day from late spring to early fall; I have two other beds
in
on
my property to which I could move some of the divisions. One is up
against
the house (light colored vinyl siding) and gets full sun most of the
day,
and the other gets full sun in the morning and filtered sunlight in
the
afternoon. Any suggestions for me as to how to
trim/divide/transplant/whatever these grasses? Thank so much!

Rhonda
Alexandria, VA
Zone 7


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