Ornamental grasses are typical of modern, minimalist garden design. There are plenty of species and varieties that can survive in small spaces and also tolerate sunlight well, provided you water at appropriate intervals. What options are there if you want to create a narrow bed with grasses?
Plant bed strips with ornamental grasses
Grasses are not only easy to care for, but also have an attractive look that is also...Combination with flowersand other plants. There are also varieties of different heights and they also differ in terms of color. Some produce interesting flowers and fronds that are beautiful eye-catchers at certain times during the season.
Although ornamental grasses are not wintergreen, the dry stalks usually still remainall winterstand over. This means that the garden doesn't look quite as bare even at this time of year and takes on a bit of a golden color.
Combine with other plants
Ornamental grasses are pretty, no question. However, you might also want to be able to observe one or two colorful flowers in the middle of the striped bed. No problem, because you just have to choose species that have the same location and care conditions as the grasses you selected.
Make yourself in the sunthe beautiful lavenderand purple coneflower, for example, are very good. But succulents like the sedum also like to decorate narrow beds. Hedging plants with columnar growth can decorate the back areas of a strip bed if it is located against a wall, wall or privacy screen. They can be placed in the middle if the long bed is more central. Then it turns into a kind of room divider, which is not too opaque due to its loose planting.
Plant narrow borders in green or silvery blue?
The blue fescue, for example, is a special specimen in terms of color and not only looks great on its own, but also in combination with green species. In fact there are numerousPlants with colored foliage, which you can add to the ornamental grasses to add some color even without flowers. The silverbell, for example, particularly impresses with its purple leaves.
Ornamental grasses as a privacy screen, or not?
Depending on whether you also want to create a privacy screen with the bed or not,also choose the type of grass. There are different growth heights. Two or three growth heights can also be wonderfully combined on walls. Tall specimens can be in the background, while the front areas are decorated with low (cushion) grasses or perennials.
Examples of tall ornamental grasses include:
- Bartgras (Andropogon gerardii)
- Blue switchgrass (Panic turned 'Dallas Blues')
- Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis); available in various variants
- Tall pipe grass (Molinia arundinacea)
- Pampasgras (Cortaderia weep)
- Giant feather grass (Stipa gigantea)
- Fine Ruten millet (Turned into a panic)
- zebra reed (Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus')
For example, grow to medium height:
- Atlas fescue (Fescue fescue)
- Blue beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata)
- Diamantgras (Calamagrostis brachytricha)
- goldeneargrass (Arundinella hirta)
- Himalayan Reitgrass (Calamagrostis emodensis)
- Small miscanthus (Miscanthus oligostachyus)
- Pennisetum (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
- Morgenstern-Segge (Carex grayi)
- Orange New Zealand sedge (Carex testacea)
- flat grass (Chasmanthium latifolium)
- prairie beardgrass (Andropogon scoparius)
Small examples for the front row are, for example:
- Bärenfell-Schwingel (Festuca gautieri 'Pic Carlit')
- Berg-Segge (Carex montana)
- Blue iridescent grass (Koeleria glauca)
- blue fescue (Fenugreek)
- Angel Hair (Very thin package)
- Goldrand-Segge (Carex dolichostachya ‘Gold Fountains’)
- Heart quaking grass (Media breeze)
- Magellan-Blaugras (Elymus magellanicus)
- Mariengras (Hierochloe odorata)
- Mosquito grass (Bouteloua gracilis)
- Heron feather grass (Stipa man)
- Rainbow Fescue (Festuca amethystina)
- Narrow-leaved cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium)
- Fragrant incense grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
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