{"id":967,"date":"2014-10-24T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2024-01-24T06:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:17:46","slug":"musing-on-miscanthus-and-other-mass-plantings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/musing-on-miscanthus-and-other-mass-plantings\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on Miscanthus"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went thru a period wherein I never left a nursery without a grass or sedge in hand, usually several. I just couldn\u2019t pass them up. I\u2019d pop them in here and there in the garden, and loved watching them wave their wild arms\u00a0in the breeze. I planted a couple Stipa tenuissima<\/a> years ago, and those little critters, what performers. Some worry about their promiscuous inclinations, but they\u2019re so easy to pull if you really feel inclined. And the new growth color, could anything be lovelier.<\/p>\n

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Miscanthus sinensis, a most reliable grass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Still, I\u2019ve been a little less inclined to buy grasses since we moved to Flamingo Park, though I did bring an old faithful from the Alameda Garden, Miscanthus sinensis<\/a>. That plant has performed well for years on end\u2014in spite of being moved and sheered and rearrange every which way\u2014in the ground, divided, potted. It keeps looking great with just a little water and an occasional handful of compost. And we also inherited a huge Silver Grass\u00a0on the new Hellstrip. That one is also destined to be divided and replanted in a longer stretch.<\/p>\n\n\t\t