Garden Trends: Ornamental Grass

Posted by Angela England Jul 25, 2008

Grasses are fast becoming a staple of the mixed garden border and there is good reason why this gardening trend is picking up speed. There are many benefits to using ornamental grasses in the garden landscape.

Remember the days of endless bedding plants? Impatiens as far as the eye can see? No longer! Now entire gardens, or containers can be made of prairie grasses, ornamental grasses or other foliage-spectacular plants.

Fountain grass is now an often-used centerpiece for many container combinations. With such a wide variety of grass colors and sizes available it's no wonder gardeners are using them more and more.

A recent article that is part of the yellow themed garden series talks about ornamental grasses with gold colored foliage. There are also grasses with variegated foliage and grasses with ornamental seed-heads as well. What stunning selections for any garden situation!