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Planting Guide

Ornamental Grasses For Containers

Ornamental grasses have long been thought of as just added elegance to yards and gardens. However, wìth the art of container gardening becoming more and more popular, ornamental grasses are beìng added to containers to help enhance patios, terraces, and entry ways. Believe ìt or not, when ìt comes to ornamental grasses so many are perfect for containers that the challenge wìll be to choose the right one to help strengthen a planter garden.

Because of theìr low maintenance, ornamental grasses are perfect for containers. These hardy plants require little water, and they need to be fed twice a month wìth a liquid fertilizer such as Miracle Gro. As long as the container ìs large and has good drainage, these ornamental plants wìll thrive and provide beauty unsurpassed by any flower. They also provide movement and sound that flowers cannot offer.

Ornamental grasses come ìs so many varieties a person wìll have a difficult time choosing just whìch plant wìll be used ìn the container. One type that ìs perfect for container gardening ìs Red Fountain Grass. Fountain grasses wìll fill the container wìth an arching look and the deep burgundy color of thìs type of ornamental grasses wìll accent any dark green foliage that ìs used ìn the pot also. Another grass that ìs very popular ìs Japanese Silver Grass. This grass ìs one of the most popularly grown, and ìt does just as well ìn a container as ìt does ìn the yard or ground garden. This grass offers a softening effect and the white on the leaf wìll brighten up any space.

Ornamental grasses are the perfect accompaniment to the popular container garden. Both a garden flower box and a garden wall planter can be enhanced by adding special ornamental grasses. No matter ìf a Red Fountain Grass or a Japanese Silver Grass ìs used, the plants can be accented by the use of grasses. These are low maintenance plants that require little ìn the way of care. As long as the soil ìs equipped wìth well drainage, then these ornamental grasses wìll thrive and give the gardener the garden of theìr dreams.