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	Ornamental Grass
		So many ornamental grasses are available that you have a number of choices among those that are well behaved and unlikely to pose a future threat to your landscape.
		Nearly all ornamental grasses become dormant in the winter in cold regions, but many of them are evergreen in mild climates.
		Ornamental grasses are a good choice for stabilizing steep or uneven ground or for preventing erosion.
	www.daytonnursery.com /tips/Ornamental_Grass.htm (718 words)

	Ornamental Grasses
		Ornamental grasses are also a part of the growing popularity of water gardening, as transitional elements between dry land and water.
		Ornamental grasses may be propagated from seed or division, and can be purchased from seed companies, mail-order firms and garden centers.
		Planting grasses whose dried foliage is to remain for the winter near combustibles such as a house or garage is not a wise practice.
	www.uri.edu /ce/factsheets/sheets/orngrasses.html (1206 words)

	* Ornamental grass - (Gardening): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ornamental grasses are an effective perennial partner for daylilies because they provide a pleasing background for the flowers' ever-changing patterns of bloom.
		Ornamental grasses, such as blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis), are adapted to dry soil and look elegant combined with wildflowers and herbs.
		In general, deer tend to pass on ferns and ornamental grasses, plants with fuzzy foliage, and plants that taste of lemon, mint, or sage, and those that are bitter and pungent (hot and spicy).
	www.en.mimi.hu /gardening/ornamental_grass.html (886 words)

	Ornamental Grasses
		Grasses are useful in different types of landscapes ranging from formal gardens to native, plains and meadows.
		These grasses are mixed with species from the adjoining tall and short grass prairies depending on the soils, year and the rainfall that ranges from an average of 18 to 24 inches.
		Ornamental grasses add two elements to the garden experience that are not readily obtained from many other plants: movement and sound.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /pubs/garden/07232.html (1679 words)

	Gardening - Perennials - Ornamental Grass.
		A phenomenal grass to use as a large-scale groundcover, a filler in beds, or as an underplanting for shrubs and trees.
		The Grass 'Evergold Sedge', Carex hoshimensis 'Evergold' is a mounded grass.
		The Grass 'Leather Leaf Sedge', Carex buchananii, is an upright grass and a native of New Zealand.
	www.shoppersgalaxy.com /Gardening/Perennials23.htm (1291 words)

	Gardening : Grasses : Ornamental Grasses : Home & Garden Television
		Ornamental grasses comprise a particular plant group whose members are beautiful, inexpensive, easy to find, and easy to grow in all types of soil.
		Ornamental grasses have been around for decades, but in the last few years they've really begun to grab the attention of landscape designers and weekend gardeners alike.
		There are all kinds of ornamental grasses available from nurseries and from mail-order sources, and there are a number of ornamental grass look-a-likes as well, including such familiar plants as irises, daylilies, mondo grass, liriope and even yucca.
	www.hgtv.com /hgtv/gl_plants_grasses/article/0,,HGTV_3607_1372163,00.html (786 words)

	Ornamental Grasses for North Carolina
		Ornamental grasses are highly resistant to insect and disease problems, tolerant to heat and drought, and require little or no pruning.
		Ornamental grass species grow to various sizes, some growing to 10 to 15 ft, while others are considered dwarf plants used as ground covers.
		Pampas grass is considered to be a good choice in the landscape planting at grounds of buildings of contemporary, "modern" style.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/hil/hil-605.html (1571 words)

	Ornamental Grasses, HYG-1238-92 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As the public becomes increasingly aware of environmental forces in the Midwest landscape, many of the ornamental grasses that have an inherent ability to handle both the drought years as well as the wet years, are eagerly being sought.
		Another valuable environmental characteristic of some of the ornamental grasses is the ability to endure the continuous freezing and thawing of soils typical of the Midwest during the winter.
		During the growing season, the ornamental grasses range in height from 6 inches to 14 or more feet and can be used as accent plants, ground covers, screens, border edgings, or as companions with a wide range of flowering herbaceous plants.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/1000/1238.html (689 words)

	San Marcos Growers >Ornamental Grass
		Ornamental grasses are great accent and specimen plants for the garden.
		Grasses have long been known for the cereal and grain crops and for thatching and structural use but only more recently have grasses made their way into our gardens.
		Sesleria caerulea - Blue Moor Grass - Evergreen clumping grass to 1 ft. tall with bicolored leaves: The upper side is a rich green; the underside a bluish-white, giving the plant a blue cast.
	www.smgrowers.com /info/grass.asp (5292 words)

	Ornamental Grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Another consideration with ornamental grasses is that many have flowers, that is, long-stemmed plumes of soft-feather like plumes which give off a shimmer when they move.
		Not only are they popular for their appearance, but ornamental grasses have a number of practical benefits, namely that they are inexpensive, hardy and very low maintenance.
		In terms of their optimal temperature, grasses are diverse enough that there are species for both cold and temperate climates, although generally they show a preference for the warmer conditions.
	www.hcoa.com.au /ornament.htm (377 words)

	Ornamental Grass Research
		Evaluations of native and ornamental grasses for field stress tolerance are being conducted in Minnesota.
		Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates, by M.H.Meyer, D.B.White and H. Pellett, published in 1995 reports the results of these trials and is available from the University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1-800-876-8636; www.extension.umn.edu.
		Five grasses were propagated by transplanting plugs or field divisions into either 480 ml (4 inch round), 2.7L (#1), or 6.2L (#2) nursery containers containing media with ratios (v/v) of 0:1, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 1:0 rice hulls to sand, resulting in aeration porosities(%) in 2.7L containers of 5, 12, 22, 28, and 41, respectively.
	horticulture.coafes.umn.edu /Ornamental_Grass_Research.html (747 words)

	Xeriscape Ornamental Perennial Grass Trial for Low Water Use Landscaping
		Several grass entries had medium to high vigor and ornamental value ratings during the initiation of growing-season period, and one entry--sweetgrass--had seedheads present in mid May (Table 5).
		Several grass entries--blue grama, little bluestem, buffalo grass, sideoats grama, big bluestem, sand bluestem, prairie sandreed, Indiangrass, switchgrass, prairie cordgrass, sweetgrass, feather reed grass, ribbon grass, blue lyme grass, red switchgrass, autumn red, Altai wildrye, and pampas grass--had medium to high vigor and ornamental value ratings during the late growing-season period (Table 9).
		It is evident that the use of ornamental grasses in southwest North Dakota is steadily increasing.
	www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu /dickinso/research/2001/hort01a.htm (1890 words)

	Ornamental Grass Landscaping
		The impetus for ornamental grass landscaping is derived from their ability to provide contrast and tolerate drought, wetness, and fluctuating winter temperatures.
		Ornamental landscape grasses vary in size, shape, color and texture in both foliage and inflorescence (seed head).
		Ornamental grass landscaping makes use of mature plants that range in height from 6 inches to 14 or more feet.
	www.aboutornamentalgrasses.com /ornamental_grass_landscaping.shtml (210 words)

	Ornamental Grass Books - Rainy Side Gardeners' Book Shelf
		Ornamental grasses are easy to grow, and they provide year-round landscape interest.
		Book Description Sunset is the first to offer Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses, a complete design and reference book that explores the history of grasses in their natural settings, and describes how to integrate them in a variety of climatic situations shady woodland to desert, Asian-style gardens to naturalistic landscapes, family-friendly yards to small patios.
		Ornamental grasses are among the most popular elements of contemporary gardens.
	www.rainyside.com /bookshelf/Grasses_RainySideBooks.html (1466 words)

	Gardening : Grasses : Ornamental Grass Care : Home & Garden Television
		Ornamental grasses aren't finicky about soil type, so you don't need to amend the soil if you don't want to.
		Ornamental grasses benefit from a thick layer of mulch to suppress weeds and maintain even soil moisture.
		The only real maintenance grasses need is an annual haircut, which is a way of mimicking the natural acts of grazing and burning that take place in native grass prairies.
	www.hgtv.com /hgtv/gl_plants_grasses/article/0,1785,HGTV_3607_1372164,00.html (786 words)

	Hendry County HortNews - Ornamental Grass
		In addition to their natural beauty, ornamental grasses are appealing because they tolerate drought, wetness, and fluctuating temperatures.
		However, from a landscape point of view most grass like plants, such as sedges and rushes, are included as ornamental grasses and serve the same function in the landscape.
		Ornamental grasses vary in size, shape, color and texture in both foliage and inflorescence (seed head).
	hendry.ifas.ufl.edu /HCHortNews_OrnGrass.html (895 words)

	Types of Ornamental Grasses - Ribbon Grass
		Ribbon Grass is an old ornamental grass that has the reputation for being very invasive.
		This grass has a place in the garden as a ground cover in tough sites or where nothing else seems to want to grow.
		Ribbon grass is tolerant of a wide range of soils from dry, to moist, to wet and of sites from sun to shade.
	www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /grasses/ribbon_grass.html (112 words)

	Guide to Growing Ornamental Grasses in your Landscape
		Ornamental grasses are available in a wide array of colors, shapes, textures and sizes.
		Ornamental grasses are available which will thrive in a wide range of soil pH.
		Grasses which die back completely in the winter can be rejuvenated by cutting the entire plant back to within about 3-4 inches of the ground in early spring (and composting the waste material).
	www.thegardenhelper.com /grasses.html (969 words)

	Ornamental Grass Seed
		Ornamental grass seed is available from several sources.
		If the source of seed is questionable, spreading the ornamental grass seeds in greater density or over planting, may help achieve the plant density needed.
		Ornamental grass seeds are also available from catalog sources.
	www.aboutornamentalgrasses.com /ornamental_grass_seed.shtml (189 words)

	Ornamental Grass Care
		Ornamental grasses are easy to grow and adapt to just about any garden setting.
		Ornamental grass foliage is extremely dense and tough to cut.
		Ornamental grass deserves a place in any garden as it adds beauty to the landscape with very little care.
	www.oznet.ksu.edu /Johnson/hort/articles/ornamental_grass_care.htm (446 words)

	Ornamental Grasses and Native Grass Lawns: ornamental grasses, native grass lawns
		Native grasses are indigenous to a particular geographic area, which means they can live with the local amount of rainfall—wherever that region is. With the growing interest in native grasses, both for lawns and ornamental settings, it makes sense to use plants that are native to the location where you live.
		Native Ornamental grasses such as Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ (Heavy Metal Switchgrass) or Sorgastrum nutans ‘Cheyenne’ (Cheyenne Indiangrass) are great, larger growing additions to landscapes because they provide interest nearly all year long.
		Grasses come in infinite varieties offering interesting texture, wavering movement, colors that change from summer to fall and a range of heights from a few inches to several feet.
	www.highcountrygardens.com /article298.html (899 words)

	Ornamental Grass's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ornamental grasses are fairly new for me. They can be used in so many different ways.
		Grasses are very easy to grow and maintenance free.
		Maiden Grass is one of your shorter grasses.
	taffy79.home.mindspring.com /bigflowers/grass.htm (223 words)

	eBay Guides - GUIDE TO ORNAMENTAL GRASS
		Grasses add interesting color and texture to the landscape with blooming beginning in mid-summer and often persisting with the old foliage into winter.
		Once they're established, grasses tend to be fairly drought tolerant, and are susceptible to few pests.
		This cultivar of Blue Grass is reported to have improved resistance to rust fungus.
	reviews.ebay.com /GUIDE-TO-ORNAMENTAL-GRASS_W0QQugidZ10000000000796892 (1544 words)

	Become a Convert to Ornamental Grasses: grass, ornamental grasses, perennials, Grasses
		Ornamental grasses range from a few inches to several yards high and their variations in width are just as great.
		The taller varieties of grass would typically be placed toward the back of a perennial bed with shorter varieties closer to the front.
		Nassella tenuissima (Silky Thread Grass), formerly known as Stipa, is a charming accompaniment to smaller perennials.
	www.highcountrygardens.com /article133.html (833 words)

	Hoover's Nursery Ornamental Grass Care Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ornamental grass's animated movement will differ with the seasons for dry and living grasses appear and sound quite different.
		Grasses which are marginally hardy for your area may be successfully grown with appropriate overwintering techniques.
		I only much those grasses that are marginally hardy for zone 5a, or those that by experience have showed a tendency for winter kill in our area.
	www.stormpages.com /hoover/grassescare.html (1129 words)

	Transplanting Tips for Ornamental Grass
		You'll be pleased to know that it is possible for you to replant your friend's ornamental grasses in your garden.
		Grasses need to be dug up and divided every few years anyway, so they are used to being transferred.
		From an aesthetic aspect, ornamental grasses can be used as a focal point for your garden, as a screen or as a backdrop.
	magazines.ivillage.com /countryliving/garden/expert/qas/0,,547725_430837,00.html (350 words)

	Ornamental Grass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Although this themed planting works well in large-scale plantings, in small gardens it is still possible to capture just a hint of the flowing prairie colours and ceaseless, gentle movement of the grasses.
		Where large areas of ornamental grass are used in contemporary planting schemes, Rudbeckia and Echinacea are often planted alongside in equally large quantities.
		In this case, the purple flowers of Echinacea are very bold and upright, providing a complete contrast in texture to the soft, restless motion of the grass.
	www.arcadian-archives.com /ornamentalgrass.htm (491 words)

	Ornamental Grass Seed List
		Grass doesn't always have to be the type you mow down into a flat carpet of green.
		Ornamental grasses like that pictured to the right are designed to fill portions of your landscape with lush wavy green wands, or interesting self controlled blades that hug closer to the ground.
		This is an eye catching ornamental grass reaching 36" tall with pale green or bronzed, bristled seed heads reaching 3-6" long.
	www.boldweb.com /greenweb/orngrass.htm (1459 words)

	Grow ornamental grass for summer, fall beauty (10-07-2002)
		Ornamental fountain grasses add extra value when planted so they are back-lighted from the setting sun or landscape lighting.
		The fountain grasses are among the prettiest plants in the landscape at this time of the year.
		It is a 4-foot tall grass with pristine white blooms.
	msucares.com /news/print/sgnews/sg02/sg021007.html (666 words)

	Ornamental Grass Named Perennial of the Year 2001
		Feather reed grass is an outstanding plant for the garden and landscape as a specimen plant or in mass plantings.
		Feather reed grass is a hardy perennial that is about as low maintenance as a plant can be.
		Feather reed grass is easily propagated by division in either fall or spring.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /ext/perennial2001.html (277 words)

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