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Kay Easton wrote in message ...
In article , Louise
writes
Dear All,

I love pampas grass (even though our garden is quite small) and would
love to have a go at planting some in our garden....in an area which
gets a couple of hours lunchtime sun in the day.

My next door neighbour has some in this situation. It is, he says, one
of the smaller varieties. It is still taller than him when it flowers.

Can you please tell me the conditions it needs/ prefers?

This copes in sticky yorkshire clay.

I assume it prefers wet areas?

Why? Isn't it from S American pampas? Is that wet? (I'm showing my
ignorance here!)

It can certainly cope in the dry, too- it does well here in N E
Essex, which in previous years (not this one :-( ) has been v dry.
It also does well in the S of France in a lot of heat.

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Anton