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Fri, Mar 9, 07 at 23:44
| Does anyone use ornamental grass in their tropicalesque gardens? I really prefer a jungle look, and I can't decide if they grass shatters that image or not. Somehow it seems to say "prairie" and not "jungle" to me.
I have a nice Miscanthus 'Morning Light' that needs to move and I'm trying to decide where to put it. |
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- Posted by sunsetsammy (My Page) on Mon, Mar 12, 07 at 15:28
| I used to think the same thing about grasses. I just spent two weeks in Costa Rica though and saw some excellent examples of giant ornamental grasses. It looked pretty tropical to me. :) |
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| There is a giant grass, miscanthus giganteus that can grow 7 to 9 feet high and is hardy to zone 4. It sort of gives that 'bamboo' feel. Else maybe a red grass like Japanese blood grass, imperata cylindrica 'red barron'? I suppose any grass can look sort of tropical, depending on what it's combined with. Glen |
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