The green beneath your feet and how to keep your lawn healthy and a joy to experience.
Rainy day last Friday, but my wife needed to run into the store. I drove around the parking lot to look at the various ornamental grass plants that had been incorporated into the landscape. Quite a popular item these days. They have a certain architectural quality. Vertical lines, with various shades of green. In the fall, the grasses often change to a golden colour that fits in with the seasonal colours. In a breeze, the grasses sway to and fro, creating movement and attracting the eye.
Some ornamental grasses like the ones in the first picture tend to stay in clumps, spreading a little bit each year.
Early autumn morning in the garden
Lawn care is more than enjoying the look of grass.
Although being "The Lawn Experts" means we know a fair amount about grasses. Here are a couple of photos of grasses that we don't find on lawns. This first one is a Miscanthus grass. There are quite a few varieties of Miscanthus that range in height from 3-4 feet all the way up to 8-9 feet tall. This particular one has yellow striping. Not vertically as one might expect but horizontally. The seed heads are at their peak right now.
