How to properly maintain it

The location - depending on the species, sunny to shady

Take a look at your balcony or Your terrace on: Does the sun mostly shine there during the day or does it win? the shade the upper hand? Depending on the location, you should choose the ornamental grass that you plant in the tub.

The following Ornamental grass species are, for example, well suited for pail culture and at the same time visually appealing:

• Broad leafsedge (ideal for shady areas)
• Dwarf Chinese reed
• Fescue
• Red bristle grass
• Japanese blood grass
• Love grass
• New Zealand wind grass
• Diamond grass
• White stilt pipe
• Fuchsia sedge
• White and white dwarf sedge
• Golden rim sedge

Planting in the tub: the substrate is crucial

In addition to the location and a sufficiently large bucket (min. 20 cm in diameter), the substrate is crucial. Some grasses prefer dry soils such as this

Pampas grass. The other grasses prefer moist and nutrient-rich soils. This includes, among other things, the Chinese reed.

Basically you can use any conventional potted plants or green plant soil (no potting soil!). The following characteristics are important:

• permeable
• relaxed
• moderately nutritious
• not prone to waterlogging
• neither too acidic nor too alkaline

How are the potted plants overwintered?

Most of the known ornamental grasses are good hardy. But that only applies to ornamental grasses that have been planted outdoors and are surrounded by a thick layer of soil. In the bucket there is a risk that the plants will freeze through in winter and then perish.

For this reason, you should keep your ornamental grass in the tub protect in winter. Towards the end of October, the area around the planter is covered with fleece or jute. Other insulating materials are also suitable. Then place the vessel in a protected place on a wooden or styrofoam block such as on the balcony against the wall of the house.