The Garden Scoop is thinking about perennial grasses. We are fortunate to have so many natives as well as many cultivars of those native plants. And then there are those grasses that might not be from around here but are hardy just the same!
Flowering ‘Karl Foerster’ reed grass
There are tall grasses, small grasses, green grasses, blue grasses! Grasses for the prairie, grasses for the shoreline, grasses for sun, grasses for part shade and then the grasses that make you just say WOW!
The Garden Scoop has a number of grasses in my landscape. They are easy care, tolerant of drought conditions, provide soil erosion control, are a habitat for some pollinators, carry 3 season beauty and the “Scoop” uses the dried foliage as mulch in the vegetable garden!
Grasses add grace to the landscape, a whisper of wind tosses them to and fro. Did I mention they’re pest and disease resistant too?
Grasses can be planted anytime during the season! Cut them back in Spring. Here are some popular varieties for Minnesota. And a quick tour of some of those varieties is here. Just know there are plenty more!
Here’s to Blowin’ in the Wind,
