Table of contents
- Tall grasses with G – H
- Tall grasses with M
- Tall grasses with P
- Tall grasses with R
- Tall grasses with S
- Tall grasses with Z
- Plant ornamental grasses in tubs
- Plant ornamental grasses in the garden
Grasses come in a wide variety of variations, with many of them being suitable as privacy screens. We have summarized an overview of the 20 most popular privacy screen grasses for you in this article!
Tall grasses with G – H
gold ribbon grass(Spartina pectinata)
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 150 to 200 cm
- Flower color: light brown
- Flowering period: August to September
- Special characteristics: deciduous, undemanding
A notice: The gold ribbon grass can easily cope with minus temperatures of down to -28 degrees Celsius.
Hanging sedge(Carex pendula)
- Location: shady
- Growth height: 40 to 120 cm
- Colour: greenish brown
- Flowering period: June and July
- Special properties: evergreen, forms fruit (caryopsis)
A notice: The flower spikes hang down vertically and can be up to 10 centimeters long.
Tall grasses with M
Butcher's Broom Bamboo(Phyllostachys ruscifolia)
- Location: semi-shady to shady
- Growth height: 120 to 150 cm
- Flowering time: none
- Special properties: evergreen, frost hardy and tolerant of pruning, forms only a few runners
A notice:
The butcher's broom bamboo copes excellently with a lack of light and with cool temperatures of up to -20 degrees Celsius!
Bog Moor Grass 'Edith Dudszus'(Molinia caerulea)
- Location: shady
- Growth height: 100 to 120 cm
- Flower color: blackish
- Flowering period: August to October
- Special features: Summer green
Muriel Bamboo(Fargesia murielae)
- Synonyms: umbrella bamboo
- Location: semi-shady to shady
- Growth height: 150 to 250 cm
- Colour: soft green
- Special features: grows about 5 to 20 cm per year
A notice:
The Muriel bamboo grows about 5 to 20 centimeters per year, which is why it offers excellent privacy protection within a very short time.
Tall grasses with P
Pampas Grass 'Pink Feather'(Cortaderia selloana)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 80 to 250 cm
- Flower color: white
- Flowering period: August to November
- Special properties: evergreen, tolerates pruning well
Pampas grass 'Silverstar'(Cortaderia selloana)
- Synonyms: Silverstar
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 150 to 200 cm
- Flower color: white
- Flowering time: September to October
- Special properties: evergreen, easy to care for
A notice:
The 'Silverstar' pampas grass fears neither diseases nor pests.
Pampas Grass 'Sunningdale River'(Cortaderia selloana)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 140 to 250 cm
- Flower color: creamy white
- Flowering period: August to October
- Special characteristics: evergreen to evergreen
A notice:
The grasses impress with very large and decorative inflorescences.
pile pipe(Arundo donax)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 300 to 400 cm
- Flower color: white
- Flowering period: August to October
- Special properties: visually reminiscent of reeds or bamboo
A notice:
The reed cane is ideal as a privacy screen, but only very rarely flowers in local regions.
Tall grasses with R
cane moor grass(Molinia arundinacea)
- Synonyms: Tall moor grass
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 200 to 220 cm
- Flower color: yellowish-brown
- Flowering period: August to September
- Special properties: Summer green, easy to care for
A notice:
The moor grass 'Skyracer' is very suitable as a solitary grass and impresses with its beautiful fruit decoration.
Giant Chinese reed(Miscanthus x giganteus)
- Synonyms: elephant grass
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 300 to 400 cm
- Flower color: red
- Flowering time: October
- Special properties: hardy, forms fruits (caryopsis)
A notice:
The giant Chinese reed can also be cultivated in a bucket, provided it has a capacity of at least 50 liters.
Switchgrass 'Northwind'(Panicum virgatum)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 50 to 100 cm
- Flower color: grey-green in summer, reddish in autumn
- Flowering period: July to September
- Special characteristics: deciduous, copes well with drought
Switch Millet 'Prairie Sky'(Panicum virgatum)
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 120 to 150 cm
- Colour: soft pink, brown
- Flowering period: July to September
- Special characteristics: deciduous, robust and resistant to drought
Tall grasses with S
Sand pipe 'Karl Foerster'(Calamagrostis acutiflora)
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 100 to 150 cm
- Colour: yellow-brown
- Flowering period: July to August
- Special features: evergreen
- Synonym: rice grass
A notice:
The sand pipe is not only very good as a privacy screen, because it also becomes a decorative eye-catcher in a tall vase.
Silver Beard Grass(Andropogon ternarius)
- Location: partially shaded
- Growth height: 100 to 150 cm
- Colour: white to silvery
- Flowering period: June to September
- Special properties: summer green, also thrives on sandy soil
Porcupine Grass, Zebra Reed 'Strictus'(Miscanthus sinensis)
- Synonyms: zebra reed, zebra grass
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 130 to 150 cm
- Flower color: white
- Flowering period: August to October
- Special features: Summer green
beach grass(Ammophila breviligulata)
- Synonyms: sand oat, coastal grass, American beach grass
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 100 to 130 cm
- Flower color: yellowish
- Flowering period: August to September
- Special characteristics: deciduous, forms fruits (caryopsis)
Tall grasses with Z
Dwarf Chinese reed 'Adagio'(Miscanthus sinensis)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 100 to 150 cm
- Flower color: silvery white
- Flowering time: September to October
- Special properties: summer green, very suitable for tubs
A notice:
The dwarf Chinese reed variety "Adagio" tolerates temperatures down to -35 degrees Celsius.
Zebra Chinese Reed 'Giraffe'(Miscanthus sinensis)
- Location: sunny
- Growth height: 180 to 250 cm
- Flower color: brownish
- Flowering period: August to October
- Special properties: deciduous, produces fruit (caryopsis)
Zig-Zag Bamboo 'Spectabilis'(Phyllostachys aureosulcata)
- Location: sunny to semi-shady
- Colour: green, isolated white stripes
- Growth height: 250 to 300 cm
- Special properties: evergreen, particularly hardy
- Synonym: yellow cane bamboo
Plant ornamental grasses in tubs
Many grasses can easily be cultivated in tubs and act as privacy screens for balconies or patios. It is important that they are placed in a suitable substrate. While potting soil is less suitable due to its high nutrient content, the following substrates are particularly suitable for ornamental grasses:
- Special soil for grasses
- green plant soil
- loose garden soil
- potting soil
A notice:
When keeping buckets, care should always be taken to ensure that there is no waterlogging. In addition to a loose and permeable substrate, a layer of expanded clay offers the necessary protection.
Plant ornamental grasses in the garden
Many ornamental grasses are very vigorous and spread through their runner roots (rhizomes). In order to prevent the grasses from taking over or even causing damage in your home garden, they should be kept in check with a root barrier. Hobby gardeners can either build these themselves or buy them as a ready-made barrier in stores. The creation of a root barrier itself is relatively simple and is as follows:
- Remove stones and old roots from the planting hole
- Use root barrier
- should be set so that it sticks out about 5 to 8 cm from the ground
- Root barrier should form a closed ring
- Fix the ends and weld them together
A notice:
The root barrier is best used before planting the ornamental grasses, as subsequent installation is usually more difficult.
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