AT A GLANCE
What factors should be considered when combining ornamental grasses?
So that the ornamental grasses can develop their full potential and the combination is convincing in the overall picture, you should consider the following aspects in advance:
- foliage color: green, grey-green, blue-green, red or yellowish
- heyday: August to October
- Location Requirements: sunny to semi-shady, well-drained and loose soil
- growth height: up to 300 cm
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Consider the color of the stems of ornamental grasses. Ornamental grasses that are strikingly red or blue in color should be combined with care, as otherwise they can look too tasteless.
Most ornamental grasses like sunny locations. sedges belong more to the shade-loving ornamental grasses. Note the respective location requirements of the ornamental grass and choose accompanying plants that match.
Smaller grasses such as the blue fescue and the bloodgrass should preferably be combined with low perennials, whereas taller grasses like the pampas grass also look fantastic in combination with trees.
Combine ornamental grasses in the bed or in the tub
Ornamental grasses can be presented most impressively with perennials, which are in full bloom from late summer to autumn. This is when most ornamental grasses also present their flower panicles or flowers. flower spikes. The ornamental grasses have the gift of underlining the perennials and giving the overall picture that certain something. They provide movement and lightness as they like to sway back and forth. Decorative leaf perennials such as hostas also go well with ornamental grasses.
Plants that crave the company of ornamental grasses include:
- Autumn Asters
- hosts
- purple coneflower
- Rudbeckia
- roses
- blue diamond
- autumn anemones
- sedum
Combine pampas grass with blue rue
The pampas grass, which grows up to 250 cm high, can be easily combined with the up to 150 cm high blue rhombus. It is important that you plant the pampas grass behind the blue rue. It is advisable to set several blue diamonds to make the composition appear more intense in color.
[picture: bed|pampas grass, blue rhombus]Combine pennisetum with autumn asters
Autumn asters have a valuable companion in the fascinatingly overhanging and bushy-looking pennisetum. Both pink, purple and white autumn asters fit into this interplay. This combination is also convincing because both plants have similar location requirements.
[image: bed|pennisetum grass, autumn aster]Combine japanese grass with hostas
The Japanese grass, which prefers semi-shady locations, is perfect for a combination with hostas that have similar preferences in terms of location. Their growth height is also similar. Be amazed when the large leaves of the hostas create a strong contrast to the long and thin stalks of the Japanese grass.
[picture: bed|japanese grass, hosta]Combine ornamental grasses as a bouquet in the vase
What would a perfectly shaped bouquet be if it had to do without the delicate stalks of ornamental grass? Possibly a disaster. Only the ornamental grasses turn many bouquets into a first-class feast for the eyes. Can be combined with most summer and autumn flowers. In particular, those flowers that appear rather static and austere benefit from the presence of a few blades of ornamental grass.
- roses
- dahlias
- Autumn Asters
- autumn anemones
- chrysanthemums
- Ferns such as Leather Fern and Shield Fern
