Not to sow grains only on lawns. Their fine form make any more elegant flower garden. Most cereal-very undemanding plant. All they need - a good spring pruning.
Do not cut in the autumn leaves and stalks of grasses! In wet weather they protect plants from rot, and besides, look very nice in the winter under a crust of frost.
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natural grace
Grains give the garden a natural look. In addition, its ceaseless change them all year attract attention. Tender spring greens in the summer becomes rich dark green color. Light panicles of flowers swaying slowly over the floral carpet. In the fall of grains shimmer wide variety of shades of brown and reddish colors. They look attractive in winter, when their dry leaves and faded panicles covered with snow or frost.
In the garden of grasses can be used as you wish. They can be planted and groups composed of the same or different plant species and as tapeworms.
Single plant or a group?
Tall, powerful types such as pampas grass, Miscanthus (silver grass), reed grass or Stipa gigantea look best in a single crop. Peristoschetinnik lisohvostovidny -less high grass, but his bubbling fountain foliage will appear in all its glory only a fairly large place. Low grains - such as different types of fescue, - on the contrary, look particularly attractive in group plantings.
Cereals can pick up almost any corner of the garden. Steppe ovsets evergreen and switchgrass are suitable mainly for dry, well-lit areas.
Humus-rich moist soil and shade is preferred by many species of sedges and luzula.
Care cereals
Most cereals -extremely undemanding plants. The best time for planting them - spring. Specimens planted in the fall, often suffer from dampness and do not grow well in the spring. spring cereals need to heavily crop.
Shears cut out all the old leaves, leaving the hemispherical base of the plant. When pruning, save all the young shoots. Low herbs (eg, evergreen fescue paniculata) crop does not need. It should only be dried to remove part of - this is best done hands, rakes or rare metal comb.
The growth of miscanthus and other fast-growing herbs is sometimes necessary to restrict digging sprawling to the side shoots. To limit the growth of grasses can be used and means of preventing the spread of the rhizomes. To do this, even when planting plants need to place them in a container without a bottom, such as old buckets. Most ornamental grasses well do without fertilizing. Only such high species such as pampas grass and miscanthus, it is necessary every two years, a small amount of compost to fertilize.
Do not get carried away too much cereal sprawling views When planting, use their devices to limit the growth of roots.
Protect grains from the autumn and winter cold dampness. Grasp the hand a bunch of leaves and tie a knot - it will prevent the ingress of moisture into the middle of the bush and its decay
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