Low maintenance Gardening with Grasses!
Learn about the different grasses for sun or shade gardens that will cut down on maintenance and look good doing it.
Your host and Nursery owner: Debbie Cassidy
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Plant names:
Hakonechloa macra “Aureola” Japanese Forest Grass
Carex bucananaii “Red Rooster”
Liriope muscari “Silvery Sunproof”
Pennisetum orientale “Karley Rose”
Carex morrowii “Ever color” Ever glow
Miscanthus sinensis “Morning Light”
Carex oshimensis “Feather Falls”
Nasella tenuissima “Mexican feather grass”
Miscanthus sinensis “Zebrinus” Zebra Grass
Japanese Garden
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Thank you so much for sharing ma’am new support here.
I wish you could show us the grasses in situ in your garden.
Be careful with Morning Light! It looks so soft, but if you run your fingers down a leaf, it will slice your fingers open. (Yes, voice of experience!)
Beautiful plants. I love the Miscanthus. New subscriber
I love my Japanese forestgrass and it doesn't seed everywhere like blue oat grass and most other grasses. Very invasive. Not worth it.
Hey. I’m on the west coast of Tasmania Australia and gardens here are a challenge. You’ve given me some great ideas. I like soft and pretty and plants the produce spike flowers like agapanthus and bearded irises. But I can see that grasses might do well here. I’ll have to give them a go as I love their movement and graceful drooping. Thank you.
Any suggestions on low maintenance plants that will do good on pots? Unfortunately I have some health limitation due to artritis!
Thank you great advice….beautiful yard.
Moron. Sedges and liriope ARE NOT GRASSES.
Hello, watch your video. I really interested in grasses and junipers. That can survive the 117 plus degrees here in Az. Can you help me. And are there any oak trees, that can live here?
Could I plant a rooster grass in containers and bring in during winter?
This is really helpful! I am in the process of selecting some grasses for a shady spot and a sunny spot in my garden and this really helped! I especially liked seeing how you had yours arranged in your garden! I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching more videos because this one was SO helpful!
👍 lovin your channel , keep em commimg!
What a beautiful garden. New subscriber here.
I need grasses that are deer proof?
Why do I find it hard to grow grasses..?
I've heard Liriope pronounced: La-rye-o-pee
Love this thank you so much
Thanks for sharing, it was very helpful (-: Greetings from the Netherlands
What's the plant name in the thumbnail picture for this video with the purple flower spikes?
According to googles “how do you pronounce” tool, Liriope is lr-ai-ow-pee with an emphasis on the second syllable. That plant name gets me every time so I defer to just calling it lilyturf.
We had a serpentine like that in a pot and I trimmed mine after about 3 or 4 years I did not like the serpentine shape so it looks more Asian shape now and I like it much better
Beautiful grasses..I have a burgundy Pennisetum plant by my mailbox..Next year I'll do one of my many rock gardens which is planted maybe 4ft from the mailbox off the sidewalk..I like the sound of grasses, Salvia's and white daisies..Thank you for bringing beautiful videos to YouTube!!
Great info! I need some that the deer won't eat.
Great video! Greetings from NC. My experience with the liriope has been the green spreads quite a bit while the yellow variegated behaves and stays in clumps. Thanks for sharing! Beautiful grasses. 😊
Well, this was worth watching till the end! Loved that Hosta / Grass mixture with the tiny leaves and many blooms of the Azalea there too.
For people in the Northeast zones who love the blue tones in a cold hardy grass – take a look at Blue Avena grass, otherwise known as Helictotrichon sempervirens, grows to about 4 ft., 5' with the seed heads. And Miscanthus 'Cabaret' for a cold hardy variegated grass. I'm in Zone 5a in Vermont – in that cold a zone, let alone Zone 4 here, many of the grasses in the video will die.
My carex red rooster only does well in sun. I have several all doing well, but one in the shade never grew.
What a fantastic video! Thanks for sharing.
Thank u
I love your channel ❤️. I'm watching from Iowa 5/11/22. You a are excellent teacher!!!
I know this video is a almost 2yrs old, but I'm hoping someone who knows grasses could answer this question…. When I look at height listed on the plant's label, is that referring to the max height of the plumes when its in full bloom? Or is it referring just to the max height of the leaves/blades? Thank you so much.
La rye oh pee is how Americans pronounce it. The correct pronunciation is li ri ope, like it's spelt, obviously
Thanks for showing us around your garden !
Greetings from NYS 🤗Great channel👍
Thank you for putting the names of the plants on the screen!