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Grasses are abundant, and when you take a closer look, you’ll really discover the incredible beauty of each species. Landscaping with these is a real treat!

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Sandy soil, which plants are best?

 A few plants thrive on sandy soil but most don't.

Pampas grass, a giant grass

 Tall Pampas grass fronds against blue sky

Mexican feather grass “Pony tails”

 A close-up of a clump of Mexican feather grass.

Banana trees : Growing and Care

 Banana trees

Landscape a small garden with 5 simple features

 Landscaping small tiny garden

Blue fescue, proper care from planting to winter

 Blue fescue

Miscanthus sinensis, how to grow Chinese reed

 Miscanthus sinensis - Chinese reed

Preparing a bouquet of dried flowers

 Dried flower bouquet

New Zealand flax, a grass with stunning colors

 New Zealand flax

Spiky fescue, how to care for Festuca gautieri

 Festuca gautieri

Ophiopogon planiscapus, incredible black grass

 Black mondo grass

Chasmanthium latifolium, oat-like grasses for elegant flower beds

 Chasmanthium latifolium, northern wood-oats

Stunning flower beds with very little work

 Easy flower bed

Fescue, a family of blue grasses: planting and care

 Fescue

Zebra grass, advice on how to plant and care for Miscanthus sinensis

 Miscanthus sinensis

Bana grass, a tall grass for landscaping and much, much more

 Two varieties of Bana grass, one purple in front and one green in the back, along a dirt field.

Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’, blood-like grass

 Blood grass, red baron

Pennisetum orientale, the oriental fountain

 Oriental fountain grass seed pods swaying in the wind

Plants for a fabulous oceanfront garden

 Garden plants for seaside oceanfront landscaping

Sedge, carex, superb grass

 Carex sedge growing near water

Carex hachijoensis, the striped Oshima sedge to brighten up the ground

Giant feather grass, advice on caring for it

 Stipa gigantea is giant feather grass

Tufted hairgrass, a grassy wonder that sways its fronds in the wind

 Deschampsia cespitosa tufted hairgrass

Grasses, growing wild grasses in the garden

 Wispy grasses in the wind for a wild garden

Grasses, trendy with a designer touch

 Grasses

Pennisetum, a very cute grass

 Five seed pods of pennisetum against a sunset-lit sky

Little bunny foo-foo, hopping through the garden!

 Lagurus ovatus, bunny tail grass, in full bloom

Panicum virgatum, switch to switch grass for flower beds and pots!

 Panicum virgatum

Phormium, a grass-like clump of color in the garden… or pot… or terrace

 Phormium grass, New Zealand flax

Imperata cylindrica, a colonizer with blood-red blades… of grass!

 Native and invasive range of Imperata cylindrica

Marram beach grass, holding the sand in place

 Marram grass against the sunset

Blue lyme grass, the sand grass that looks like rye

 Seaside view through leaves and seed pods of blue lyme grass