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Ornamental grass

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Luckygirl Mon 12-Aug-19 22:13:33

I have 3 lovely ornamental grasses that I put in the year before last. I cannot remember what they are called! They are very beautiful and consist of a sort of green bushy base layer with straw-coloured elegant tall fronds coming out from there. They look lovely in the setting sun.

I have picked a few fronds to have on a vase indoors and they look great. I presume they will continue through the winter like this.

What do I then do with this? Do I prune those fronds back in the spring or just leave them to do their own thing and see what happens?

Any advice gratefully received.

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Gonegirl Mon 12-Aug-19 22:25:12

Mine goes brown and flops over in the winter. Then new growth comes in the Spring and I trim back the old straw coloured stuff.

I did chop one back once but it never lost that chopped back look. Best left alone I think.

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merlotgran Mon 12-Aug-19 22:30:05

Sounds like Stipa gigantea, Luckygirl It will still look good in the winter and you just cut it back to the busy base in the spring.

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Luckygirl Tue 13-Aug-19 09:03:44

Thanks for advice - I will cut it back in the spring. I really love it!

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