How to Spice Up Your Lawn this Fall with Ornamental Grass

ornamental grassAre you looking to add a bit of privacy to your backyard this Fall? Are you wanting to add color to your landscape design? Ornamental grasses are grass-like plants that come in a variety of colors and sizes. So whether you’re looking to spice up your lawn or create your own utopia, we’re sure you’ll find a plant that’s perfect for your creative vision. Check out these common ornamental grasses we’ve put together for you!

Flame Grass

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This grass is known for its flaming red color and ability to grow up to five feet tall. If color is in your landscape vision, this grass is for you.

Blue Oat Grass

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This grass is known for being durable and manageable. It can easily grow up to three feet tall.

Giant Feather Grass

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This grass forms a large, loose clump of grayish-green foliage and can grow to be four feet tall.

Moor Grass

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This grass slow to get established, but its compact foliage makes it a perfect ground cover plant for wet, acidic soil.

Palm Sedge

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The tips of the light green foliage branch to resemble tiny Palm trees and this plant can grow to be up to three feet tall.

Pampas Plant

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This grass is a fast growing plant due to its size and durability as well as its large plumes of showy white to pink flowers.

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