Ornamental Grass is a Graceful, Versatile Addition
to Your Container Garden Design

Love the graceful presence of Ornamental Grass?

They're really popular today, and rightly so. You can establish a lovely arching presence in your container garden with just one specimen.

You can use them in larger planters with other plants, too, but be sure you purchase just the right grass in this case—they can be large.

They're quite versatile, too. You can pot them in very plain clay flower pots or striking ornate terra cotta pots, and both will be visually stunning.

Some ornamental grasses grow extremely fast and get very large--the good news is, in containers, they tend to be smaller and are less-likely to take over your container garden.

Another advantage is they're very easy plants to care for. Plus, if you plant them in winter-capable pots, you can cut them back and they'll come back next growing season. One thing to remember, though, is to check your climate zone. These plants will be good in containers two zones warmer than their normal planting zone.

You'll get lots of info. here about which to choose to create striking accents and focal points.

There are a lot of varieties to chose from, and you'll find types for sun to partial shade.

Here are some smaller varieties you might enjoy. (Selecting a smaller cultivars will allow you to plant flowers as a complement to their graceful forms.)

You might think about these:

• Annual Quaking Grass (Briza maxima)
  Ornamental Quaking Grass (1-2 feet), sun to light shade)

• Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
  Northern Sea Oats (2-3 feet, partial shade)
• Blue Fescue (Festuca species)
  Blue Fescue (16-18 inches, sun)

Other choices include:

• Red/Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum')
  Pretty deep red-purple color. Sun
• Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola')
  Very popular these days. Need moist soil, partial shade.
• Porcupine grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus')
  (Zones 4–9). Part shade.
• Purple Moor Grass (Molinia)
  Full sun to part shade.

And below is one more choice. This dwarf pampas grass is only one of the ornamental grass offerings from Nature Hills Nursery, Inc. Click here now for this and lots more specimens. Grass - Pumila Dwarf Pampas

For cultivation tips on these and others: Ornamental Grasses.