What You Need To Know About Ornamental Grasses
When Should You Plant Ornamental Grass?
Spring and fall are the best time to plant and transplant ornamental grasses. However, In mild climates you can plant just about anytime of the year.
When Do You Cut Back Ornamental Grasses?
Most ornamental grasses are perennials that dieback in winter to reemerge in spring. If you are in a warmer region grasses like liriope or lilyturf are likely to be evergreen and may not need a trim. You can prune any ornamental grass back in winter or early spring to tidy it up and help prepare it for the spring flush.
How Do You Prune Ornamental Grasses?
Many grasses can easily be trimmed with basic scissors. For the larger varieties use loppers or pruning shears. Prune your ornamental grass back to 6 inches from the ground or less.
How Do You Divide Ornamental Grass?
The easiest technique to divide an ornamental grass is to simply take your shovel and chop the plant in sections. You can dig up the whole plant and then divide it into sections or just take chunks off the plant while it is still in the ground. Just be sure to have some roots in each transplanted piece and water well. The best times to divide can vary amongst the different types of grasses, but spring when they are actively growing is the universal option for dividing any ornamental grasses.
Ornamental Grass By Size
Small (Less Than 2 Feet)
Borders and Containers
- Big Blue Lirope Zones 5-10
- Black Mondo Grass Zones 5-10
- Blue Fescue Grass Zones 4-10
- Blue Zinger Sedge Zones 5-9
- Variegated Liriope Zones 6-10
- Evergold Sedge Zones 5-9
Medium 2 to 6 Feet
Mixed Beds to Mass Plantings
- Adagio Miscanthus Maiden Grass Zones 5-9
- Blue Dune Lyme Grass Zones 4-9
- Cassian Dwarf Fountain Grass Zones 5-9
- Pink Muhly Grass Zones 6-10
- Morning Light Miscanthus Maiden Grass Zones 5-9
- Shenandoah Switch Grass Zones 4-9
Large Over 6 Feet
Features & Focals To Unique Privacy Screens
- Pampas Grass Zones 7-10
- Porcupine Miscanthus Maiden Grass Zones 5-9
- Cosmopolitan Miscanthus Maiden Grass Zones 5-9
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