It will grow well in your average clay soil requiring the same amount of water as most of your other perennials like daisies and daylilies.
Ornamental grasses for clay soil uk.
Feather reed grass calamagrostisx acutiflora karl foerster tolerates clay and one of the easiest to grow.
Others turn shades of red and maroon in autumn.
Graceful arching stems are excellent cut and dried for your home.
Enrich the planting site with organic matter prior to planting.
Some varieties such as heavy metal have bluish green foliage.
Most prefer full sun and well drained soils.
Lakota fire coneflower echinacea.
I love ornamental grasses but i m cursed with heavy clay soil with the added bonus of poor drainage.
Peter krumhardt among the most versatile of ornamental grasses switchgrass thrives in moist dry or clay soil and even in part shade.
Easily grown in average dry to medium well drained soils in full sun.
Sporobolus heterolepis prairie dropseed a very attractive grass prairie dropseed forms clumps of fine textured hair like medium green leaves that typically form an arching foliage mound to 15 tall and 18 wide.
Fluffy brush like tactile summer inflorescences are incredibly versatile for borders or containers and are perfect for sensory gardens.
Ornamental grasses can be grown as specimens in borders as screens or in containers.
It offers wispy seedheads that sway gracefully in the breeze.
Eye catching ornamental grasses are fantastic as a contrast against other perennials introducing movement and softening hard landscaping.
28 tall zone 4 8.
Expect its glossy dark green leaves to stay clean all summer long.
Suitable for any well drained soil they can be planted in a sunny or partially shaded position.
I m on several acres and have dreams of mass plantings of the graceful beauties.
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Grow this plant in full sun it is not shade tolerant.
Ornamental grasses can add year round beauty to the flower garden and landscape.
However some grasses will be fine in clay soil.