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Sat, May 1, 10 at 21:45
| Now that I have no more miscanthus (previous thread 'digging big mounds of miscanthus'), I miss having a grass on my 'wild' mound, where a lot of stuff is packed in, including early bulbs, lillies, alliums, coneflowers, phlox paniculatas, monarda, goldenrod, asters, and more. The winter interest was always the grass. I've now planted 3 tall narrow evergreens for winter interest. It would be great though, to have a giant plume at the back of it all.....
I saw at Agway today the Saccharum. It beckons.... Can you guys give me a difficulty rating of 1-10 of how difficult it is to dig and divide this grass, compared to the Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'? I'm a 56 yr. old female, in good shape, and used to digging things regularly. The miscanthus was a 12 in difficulty for me! I read differing opinions on the web..naturally... ;-/ Maybe I should throw some caster bean seeds there instead...lol. |
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| In my opinion, there isn't much difference between digging/dividing Saccharum ravennae or Miscanthus. Both develop large dense woody crowns. In my experience, S. ravennae is slightly more deeply rooted than Miscanthus. |
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- Posted by npthaskell coastal oregon (My Page) on Sat, May 8, 10 at 5:11
| Is this a case of: "Jumping from the frying pan into the fire"? I'm just a grass novice, I'm asking the experts. |
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