The problem with ornamental grass…

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…is that it isn’t easy to tell if you have the right plant! Last autumn I saw some ornamental grasses for sale in one of the supermarkets, Lidl or Aldi, I can’t remember which. The prices seemed good so I bought a selection of four different ones. They looked healthy and were growing well. I potted them into bigger pots while I decided where to put them. The weather was really mild in late autumn, I remember my fuchsias were still flowering in November! But then overnight we were plunged into intense cold weather. All gardening ceased, and everything was basically on hold until spring. And now that spring is well and truly here I have pots of grass, but I’m not sure whether the ornamental grasses actually survived being frozen in their pots. In one pot I can see distinctive shoots appearing, but the other three all have grass growing – the problem is that I can’t help thinking that the grass appearing in there is just ‘wild’ grass that has self seeded! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.