{"id":4181,"date":"2015-03-13T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:11:19","slug":"grasses-make-me-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/garden-nurseries\/grasses-make-me-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Grasses make me happy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the texture.<\/p>\n

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Did not record ID when I slipped this into the neighbors’ garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I love the movement.<\/p>\n

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Hakonechloa macra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I love how\u00a0they\u00a0seed around.<\/p>\n

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Mexican Feather Grass seeds around, if you’re lucky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For quite a spell (that’s what my dad, Clovis, would say it,) I never left a nursery without at least three grass-like plants in hand. I slowed down a bit in\u00a0my last garden because it was so packed. And I had the benefit of the ever-so-promiscuous Mexican Feather Grass; it set its little wavy self all over the yard. Megan once asked how I kept them looking so fresh. So I explained my special\u00a0horticultural technique: I yank them when they start looking tired. More will always appear, and I mean that in a totally good way.<\/p>\n

And as added\u00a0bonus, people cant\u00a0can’t resist petting it. One neighbor always shaped it over and over into a ponytail while we stood talking. I kept expecting her to sneak back under cover of darkness with a stash of rubber bands.<\/p>\n

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