Native Grasses
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
August 16, 2008 7:52pm CST
This photo shows the area along side my garage in my back yard. This grass is a native Minnesotan grass and spreads quickly. I had seperated it early spring giving my son a lot to plant at the carwash he manages. He states it is doing well. Now when I did this I moved the remaining plants of mine out to make it look better. Well the whole area is now covered and looks very nice I feel. Do you plant native grasses in your yard etc at all? Have you ever checked into the various native plants/grasses etc that make great groundcover plants or landscaping plants? These were given to us by my wifes boss last fall. From 4 little plants to this huge area in a year and a half time. A great ground cover to say the least. Hides the foundation of the garage as well as the stumps in the ground in this area.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!` my wifes boss.
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@heavenschild (4777)
• Canada
17 Aug 08
The grass looks lovely but no I have never known anyone to do this!
I will keep this idea in mind when I do become a home owner....
Thanks for Sharing Grandpa as always!
~Heavens~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
17 Aug 08
Yes it looks great.
The white and green together is what gives it a better look for the area. Thanks.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Ask at a local nursery.
I am sure there are plenty native, decorative grasses you could grow easily.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 Aug 08
You got that right, the joys of living in Texas. Lived there 10 years myself, 5 in west Texas and 5 just north of Houston - Pompas grass is about the only thing I found but it gets way too tall to use much of it in a yard, ornimental but not for ground cover.
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
17 Aug 08
I will be anxious to see your picture. I just let everything go native, so to speak. I have seen some ornamental grasses I like. That includes a plant called liriope. I think planting native plants is ideal, because you then have plantings suited to your climate.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Yes there are so many things available in native species at the nurseries.
Most are very invasive though so one has to be careful where they plant it.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 Aug 08
I haven't done it with grasses but in replanting the hill at the side of the house this summer I ran out of 'plants' besides weeds so started moving the attractive weeds in while pulling other out. I also made a border of the whole thing with 3 different types of clover I dug here and there in the yard. It's been so dry nothing is doing really well but I think it will look nice next spring.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 Aug 08
There are a lot of native plants I want to have.
I need a water pond for a lot of them.
Hahahaha! Funds too low for the pond.
I hope it looks good next spring.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Oh I would love a pond or any body of water for that matter, pond, lake, river, stream, creek. My ex where I'm living started to dig a pond but dahhhhh like every thing else half done and no water - there are no natural springs or anything on the property and water table is like 200 feet down, that's a lot of digging to get to water :(
My kids have picked on me for years concerning my 'love of weeds' it's just amazing how beautiful so many of the natural growth is, what most people just call weeds I am notorious for transplanting to 'flower beds'
