Plant Spotlight of the Week: Ornamental Grass
These wonderful perennials are now showing their late season plumage. Ornamental grass provides a height element in the perennial garden, and an upright texture. The plumes of most ornamental grass begin to develop in mid-summer and by September are a delightful display of soft, cotton like feathers that blow and sway in the wind.
The stalks of grass change from the bright green of summer to a bronze, red and brown of the fall. These clumps of grass should be left standing through the winter as they are one of the delights in the winter landscape as the frost and snow cling to the stems. In the spring, cut the grass clump down to 4-6 inches.
See our Ornamental Grasses section of the web site for a complete listing.
