Ornamental grasses add dazzle to your border. Plant growing expert Paul Seaborne of Pelham Plants shows us how to choose and use 6 of the best ornamental grasses for your garden.
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00:00 How to start with ornamental grasses
00:58 Basic principles of adding ornamental grasses to your border
02:21 Golden Oat Grass/Stipa gigantea
04:02 Feather Reed Grass/Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’
05:52 Chinese Silver Grass/Miscanthus Yakushima Dwarf
07:17 Transparent Moor Grass/Molinia ‘Transparent’
09:02 Fountain Grass ‘Black Beauty’/Pennisetum ‘Black Beauty’
12:48 Japanese Forest Grass/Hakonechloa macra
14:20 Video on how to create a beautiful border: https://youtu.be/1QWrbmxnJAI
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I agree, ornamental grasses look beautiful BUT they might not be so great if you have pets. Each year at the time that glasses make seed, I have to be extremely vigilant in checking my Ragdoll cat's coat. I have removed seeds that managed to put down roots and were burying themselves into my cat's skin. I found one the other week which was right in the corner of his eye. They also get between his toes. It can be serious. A search of the net will reveal many cases.
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Beautiful video once again, thank you. I've planted many herbs that have gotten away from us with reseeding everywhere. Which now makes me a bit afraid to plant anything. Should I be wary of grasses reseeding throughout the yard an neighborhood? Do you have any grassy tips for a zone 6 wild garden?
Great advice on grasses! I’m slowly coming around to adding them to my garden to provide texture & movement. And now, it seems there are SO many varieties to choose from!
Piet Oudolf uses a lot of grasses to give his gardens a soft, misty look.
Another fab video Alexandra!! I have to admit to having not been fond of ornamental grasses but this video has changed my mind. I'll be investing in a Stima gigantica and a japanese hackl… (I'll check the spelling 😜) Thank you both, Paul and you do a great double act!
Love the experts that you bring to us! Great info, especially about not cutting back carex.
Sizi şans eseri buldum. Kuraklık çok büyük bir sorun. Bahçenizde değer verdiğiniz pekçok bitki benim yaşadığım yerde kır çiçeği olarak yetişen doğal türler. Bana hemen her videoda yaptığım hataları, doğruları gösterdiniz. İngiliz bahçesine sahip değilim, akdeniz bahçesi oluşturmaya çalışıyorum. Sizin sayenizde güllerimin yerini değiştirerek başladım. Gerçek boyutlarına ulaştılar. Çok canlılar. Dekoratif otları biliyordum fakat bahçemde istemediğime karar vermiştim. Değişen iklim koşulları yüzünden yavaş yavaş otların gerekli olduğuna karar verdim. Son siparişlerimi iki hafta önce ektim. Çok güzeller. Vetiverler birinci yılını tamamladılar. Pembe çimleri, stipa pony tailleri, carex evergoldları bahçeye dağıttım. Enson bu iklime uyumlu olacağını düşündüğüm Rus Adaçaylarını ektim. Bahçem iyi gidiyor. Amaryllis, nergis, belladonnaları bahçeye farklı noktalara taşıdım. Çok güzel bir mimoza, erguvan, kiraz, incir, kayısı, erik, kızılcık, zeytin ağaçları ve çok büyük bir meşe ağacımız var. Çok farklı bitkiler kullanıyorum ama daha bilinçli tercih ediyorum. Size çok teşekkür ederim.
I like grasses had sea grass in a circle bed edge in took over like Bamboo was pretty but had to dig 4 feet to get root ball out
Would only put it in a large pot.
It's popular at the beach where I live . Over used there I went with cottage style garden.
I adore grasses. I enjoyed learning several new varieties here. As well, I gained some angles on design that hadn't occurred to me previously.
Very educational video as Grasses are tricky .
You continually create phenomenal videos, and give us advice from top designers that we otherwise would not have access to. This is definitely a video I benefited from, as grasses can be very confusing. The garden is absolutely stunning, and you looked beautiful as well. Loved your choice of outfits!
I used to have grasses in my garden. I have moved and not put one grass in this garden. If you have ever tried to dig up a grass because the middle died out you will understand why I have none now.
Such a beautiful garden, and a stunning example of what you can do with grasses. I have only perennial grasses and do use my glove to “rake through“ and take out dead leaves. it keeps them thriving.❤
I have 7 different grass types in half a dozen different landscape beds in my country yard in West Michigan- love them for all the reasons stated. I really enjoy how educational your channel is!!
Really enjoyed this informative video. My Japanese grass does well in a container. I am adding tall and thirsty grasses to a slope. I'm hoping it becomes something special.
Thank you for a useful video.
I really loved the colors in this garden. Here many of those grasses can become invasive. I've never planted any, yet I dig them out year after year as I'm still clearing space for new planting areas and need to start clean. Some grasses also have 'razor' edges…I recall as a child my neighbors had a huge Pampas grass next to their Mid-Century home here in San Diego. We would get cuts from it if we weren't careful. Weird story…the parking brake failed on a car up the hill, and it rolled down the street, headed for their garage. Luckily, the car hit the Pampas grass, which stopped it! Not sure if it's related to that other Japanese grass, but one that caught my eye (that I'd like to use in future) was called Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata Rubra?) due to bright red on the leaves…like something out of one of those Samurai movies. Regardless of whether I think I'll every want to plant something in particular, I always listen to your experts; you ask great questions and there is always some point that I didn't expect. We are due another October heat wave this week, but at least the days are shorter now. See you next week.
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I always find myself gravitating toward grasses in late summer/early autumn! I have a miscanthus in front of our kitchen window and it absolutely shimmers in the autumnal morning light. Have added 4 new grasses throughout the garden in the last month. They add so much height and movement, especially in our breezy PNW valley.