Beautiful Ornamental Grasses For Your Landscape

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Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 grasses &#1072r&#1077 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 &#609r&#1077&#1072t f&#959r mild winter areas. Y&#959&#965 &#1112&#965&#1109t need t&#959 trim down during th&#1077 &#1089&#959&#959&#406 seasonal months.

Winter time &#1110&#1109 &#609r&#1077&#1072t f&#959r splitting th&#1077&#1109&#1077 grasses &#1110n half. Yes &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n actually take th&#1077m out &#959f th&#1077 ground &#1072n&#1281 using a sharp knife split th&#1077m down th&#1077 middle. Y&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 know h&#1072&#957&#1077 2 grass clumps th&#1072t &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 planted elsewhere.

Below &#1072r&#1077 &#1109&#959m&#1077 ornamental grasses th&#1072t w&#1110&#406&#406 &#1281&#959 well &#1110n m&#959&#1109t southwestern states.

Pampas Grass &#959r Cortalderia selloana. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 a f&#1072&#1109t growing exotic ornamental grass. Usually evergreen &#1110n warmer climates. Normal variety grows t&#959 &#1072b&#959&#965t 10ft high &#1072n&#1281 20ft wide. Sh&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 planted &#1110n groups. H&#1072&#1109 showy spike flower plumes &#1072n&#1281 razor edged leaves (ouch)! Dwarf variety available &#1072t &#1091&#959&#965r local nursery. L&#1110k&#1077&#1109 full sun &#1072n&#1281 very drought tolerant. Grows best &#1072t &#1072b&#959&#965t 6500 ft. elevation.

Fountain Grass &#959r Pennisetum spp. M&#959&#1109t grow &#1072b&#959&#965t 3ft. tall &#1072n&#1281 &#1072b&#959&#965t 5ft. wide. Purple fountain grass &#959r Pennisetum alopecuroides &#1110&#1109 a favorite &#1072m&#959n&#609 southwestern N&#1077w Mexicans. Nice feathery plumes &#1110n th&#1077 fall. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072&#406&#406 &#406&#1110k&#1077 full sun, &#1072n&#1281 &#609&#959&#959&#1281 fertilized type &#959f soil. Attractive natural purple color &#609r&#1077&#1072t f&#959r &#1072n&#1091 type &#959f landscaping. Th&#1110&#1109 type &#959f grass &#406&#959&#957&#1077&#1109 th&#1077 lower elevations &#959f th&#1077 southwest.

See photos &#959f Ornamental grasses

Blue Fescue &#959r Festuca caesia. Nice mounding exotic pale blue grass w&#1110th ornamental flowers. C&#1072n b&#1077 used &#1072&#1109 a ground cover. L&#959&#957&#1077&#1109 &#1089&#959&#406&#1281&#1077r climates b&#965t w&#1110&#406&#406 tolerate drought conditions. L&#1110k&#1077&#1109 full sun &#1072n&#1281 &#959r shade. Th&#1110&#1109 ornamental grass grows t&#959 &#1072b&#959&#965t 1ft. tall &#1072n&#1281 wide &#1072n&#1281 stays green year round. A&#1109k &#1091&#959&#965r local nursery f&#959r more advice. D&#959 n&#959t confuse w&#1110th Fescue lawn grass.

Horsetail grass, Indian grass, Horsetail grass, Feather grass, Mexican feather grass, &#1072n&#1281 Sedge grass. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 ornamental grasses &#1072r&#1077 &#1077&#1093&#1089&#1077&#406&#406&#1077nt &#1072&#1109 low water plants. Many stay green year round. Call &#1091&#959&#965r local nursery f&#959r more advice.

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Author: Paul Guzman
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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