I only have a few grasses, but my fave is Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' It stands bolt upright even after strong winds. It doesn't spread all over the place. When the new growth is about 3-4" in the spring I cut it all down to the ground and can divide them at the same time. They are good for a formal look as they stand there like soldiers. Need no maintenance other than a yearly chop.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I love my Stipa Gigantica - great all year round interest and when the low sunshine shines through it, it is a breathtaking golden sight. Makes a big clump 3-4ft x 4-5 ft high but doesn't run.
James Holt.... I'm surprised you have Miscanthus... I thought that might be invasive in your area?.. Muhlenbergia lindheimeri is one I like very much, but you seem to already have it. Chasmanthium latifolium grows in Texas in good soil... I like its foliage very much..
Here I like several... Achnatherum calamagrostis is one of my best, various Stipas and Pennisetums... but they may also be invasive in your area.. I wouldn't know for sure..
I like Gardener's Garters, Phalaris arundinacea var picta, with its leaves all having their own individual barcode. It nicely fills the gaps between other plants.
@jamesholt, no I haven't grown any grasses from seed - I bought the Stipa Gigantica as a small 2 litre size pot from memory but don't remember what I paid for it, perhaps £10-£15?
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It stands bolt upright even after strong winds.
It doesn't spread all over the place.
When the new growth is about 3-4" in the spring I cut it all down to the ground and can divide them at the same time.
They are good for a formal look as they stand there like soldiers.
Need no maintenance other than a yearly chop.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Backlit by a low afternoon sun it is wonderful and I could watch the wind playing it for hours.
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri is one I like very much, but you seem to already have it.
Chasmanthium latifolium grows in Texas in good soil... I like its foliage very much..
Here I like several... Achnatherum calamagrostis is one of my best, various Stipas and Pennisetums... but they may also be invasive in your area.. I wouldn't know for sure..
Stipa tenuissima self seeds freely in my garden. I have to pull them out from all over the place.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.