Ornamental Grasses: Pennisetum Invasive, Miscanthus Not?
jakejones
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Comments (5)Please check out my trade list, i would be intirested in your northern sea oats, feather reed grass and elijah blue fescue if you see anything you want....See MoreHave ornamental grass and herbs to trade
Comments (0)** - GRASS Arundo donax Miscanthus sinensis 'Autumn Light' beardgrass Polypogon monspeliesis big bluestem Andropogon gerardii blue eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium broomstraw red cat grass Avena sativa feather reed Calamagrostes arundinacea 'Karl Forster' Fiber Optic flame grass Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurea' fountain red Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' fountain black Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry' galingale Cyperus longus giant red plume great quaking Briza maxima hairgrass tufted Deschampsia caespitosa Hare's tail Lagurus ovatus -aka bunny tails Japanese Blood Grass Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra Red Baron' Japanese Silver Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Fountaine' Giant Japanese silver Miscanthus sinensis 'Grosse Fountaine' Love grass Eragrostis tef 'Ruby Silk' maiden Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' millet Purple Majesty rabbit's foot grass Polypogon monspiliasis ravenna Erianthus ravennae red leaf (aka purple silver) Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' ribbon Phalaris arundinacea picta 'Dwarf Garters' sea oats northern Chasmanthium latifolium switch Pannicum virgatum switch Pannicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' weeping love ** - HERBS anise basil: Lime, Lemon, or Thai Siam Queen Calendula officinalis -classic caraway catnip chervil Âcurled chives; garlic chives cilantro cress dill feverfew garlic lavender: Lady, True, Grosso, fernleaf, Goodwin Creek Gray, Spanish, Vera or Hidcote lovage marjoram: sweet mint: spearmint, pineapple, chocolate, or lavender oregano: common or Greek parsley: curly, Italian Giant or Italian flat rue sage: broadleaf or Clary salad cress Sppilanthes Shiso perila Âgreen (Aoshiso) sorrel: Rumex acetosa St JohnÂs wort summer savory -Satureja hortensis tansy: curly (Crispa) tarragon thyme: common, lemon, orange or creeping Check my list for flowers, veggies, shrubs, trees. Let me know what you have from my want list. No 'you have mail' messages. Trades only. If you block your address when posting, please email so there is an address to reply to. Be sure GW is in the subject line. As you can see from my list, I have a LOT of seeds. So I am only trading for things on my want list. Here is a link that might be useful: trade list...See MoreOrnamental Grasses- are some invasive?
Comments (13)Many ornamental grasses CAN be invasive, however like all other exotic or non-native plants, invasiveness will be defined by region. Don't rely on a book for this - all states have invasive plants listings, some even determined by county. Restrictions regarding the planting of certain plant species will differ from area to area, as will penalties for planting known invasives. Selfseeding or otherwise aggressive growth behaviours are not the same as invasiveness but may be just as worrisome in a garden setting. Here is a link that might be useful: Maryland, invasive species...See MoreStarting an Ornament grass bed
Comments (3)I'm doing a strip along the west side of my yard where I just took out a mature privet hedge and now have 6 feet x 100 feet of empty space to fill and I am doing the same thing, trying to decide what will look best, combinations and how many varieties etc. I don't want to end up with a mess and I agree with the "keep it simple" approach you are taking. I have all winter to decide too and indeed, there are a lot of choices. Its daunting. I also chose and ordered three of the Sarabande and I thought its a nice olive color compared to the silver Miscanthus when they got here. I got 6 of the Karl Forrester. The Hameln are very nice for filler and you can find them real easily and I think as a base you have made real good choices (since we chose the same thing, Ha!). The second two will give you earlier blooms so thats good. Are you going through these same planning scenerios? I'm mixing in some native grasses as well but only have so many absolute full sun areas. I deal with some part shade. It sounds like you have a nice backdrop, I'm jealous. I need to hide the view of an ugly yard next door, so I am doing the large Sacaton Wrightii as a screen in one part of the area. I checked out the book "The American Meadow Garden" by John Greenlee from the library and he has a lot of photos where you can see different grasses in different seasons and get ideas of masses plantings. Another book is the encyclopedia of grasses by him and in it he has some professional garden plans for grasses that might be good to look at. Otherwise, I have been online for hours looking at different grass combinations in different seasons and trying to visualize. Probably I will end up editing whatever I do, I always seem to do that. One type I ordered seeds of from Pase Seed is a red tussock grass from Australia called "Chionochloa rubra". You have to check out that one out! Its gorgeous! They carry some interesting seeds and I got three kinds. I am winter sowing them because these grasses can get expensive when you are filling a large area. We have all winter after all, so it gives me something to do....See Morecoolplantsguy
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