Slide 1: THE LOWEST OF THE “LOW MAINTENANCE” ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Presentation by Belinda Gallagher triffids plants
Slide 2: DEFINITION OF LOW MAINTENANCE
Slide 3: What we call grasses have • • • • NARROW GRASS-LIKE FOLIAGE ONE SEED LEAF (MONOCOTS) LEAF VEINS TYPICALLY PARALLEL And MOST ARE HERBACEOUS
Slide 4: BUT ORNAMENTAL GRASSES ARE NOT THIS
Slide 5: GRASSES AND BAMBOOS Black bamboo Miscanthus sp.
Slide 6: SEDGES (Carex family)
Slide 7: RUSHES AND CATTAILS Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’ Typha sp.
Slide 8: GRASS-LIKE PLANTS Iris siberica
Slide 10: COLD vs. WARM SEASON • Growth in spring and early fall • Bloom in early spring • Dormant in heat of summer • Generally smaller • Evergreen in mild areas • Growth when temp is above 25 degrees C. • Flower in summer or fall • Foliage usually colors beautifully in fall • Dormant for the winter • Larger plants
Slide 11: ATTRIBUTES OF GRASSES PLUMES
Slide 13: COLOUR
Slide 16: TEXTURE
Slide 18: FORM and MOVEMENT
Slide 22: Playing with the light
Slide 23: Playing with the weather
Slide 24: ATTRACT WILDLIFE
Slide 25: LOW MAINTENANCE 1. Select a plant
Slide 26: LOW MAINTENANCE 2. Buy the plant
Slide 27: LOW MAINTENANCE 3. Plant the plant
Slide 28: LOW MAINTENANCE 4. Water to establish then
Slide 29: LOW MAINTENANCE 5. Cut back in Spring
Slide 30: LOW MAINTENANCE 6. ENJOY!!!!
Slide 31: SOME OF MY FAVOURITES Bowle’s Golden grass Arundo donax
Slide 32: Bouteloua (Mosquito grass)
Slide 33: Brachyletrum
Slide 34: Carex sp. Carex comans bronze
Slide 35: C. flacca Carex petrei
Slide 36: C. Siderosticha ‘Variegata’
Slide 37: C. muskingumensis
Slide 38: Chasmanthium latifolium Northern oats Croix lacryma-jobi Job’s tears
Slide 39: Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ C. brachytricha
Slide 41: C. ‘Overdam’
Slide 42: Deschampsia caespitosa
Slide 43: Hakonechloa Hakone grass Diarrhana japonica
Slide 44: Helictotrichon Blue Oat grass
Slide 45: Isolepsis Fibre optic grass
Slide 46: Imperata cylindrica
Slide 48: Various miscanthus
Slide 49: M. Rolande M. Strictus
Slide 50: M. Strictus (porcupine) M. Zebrinus (zebra)
Slide 51: M. Variegatus
Slide 54: M. ‘Gracillimus’ and M. ‘Cosmopolitan’
Slide 55: M. atropurpura
Slide 56: M. ‘Yaku Jima’
Slide 57: Molinia Skyracer
Slide 58: Panicum Heavy Metal
Slide 59: Pannicum Warrior
Slide 61: Zea mays
Slide 62: How about the aggressive ones?
Slide 65: Have a great season!