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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2008 19:15:00 GMT
Hello,
i have decided this is the year to introduce some grasses to my garden.i have had a look and found the kind of things i like.
i like..........
pennisetum
stipa bridal veil
juncus flying hedgehogs
lagurus.
quaking grass.
i have found where i can buy them from seed.what i need next is a bit of advice........
how easy are they to grow from seed?
does anyone have any of the grasses i have mentioned and is there anything i should look out for.Are they invasive? what soil do they like?etc.
any help would be really great.
thankyou
Bek.
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Post by borderbabe on Jan 30, 2008 13:50:36 GMT
I've only ever grown Hare's Tail Grass as an annual from seed but it was fairly easy from what I can remember - just sowed it in a 3"pot into the propogator and potted it on, hardened off and planted out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2008 11:28:41 GMT
thankyou border babe!!
i think i am just going to have to buy some and see what happens.
xxx
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 2, 2008 11:52:29 GMT
I have never grown grasses from seeds either RBJ but a neighbour once did. She bought a mixed selection of grasses and still has most of them in the garden to this day.
She has very little knowledge of gardening really but she has some lovely plants now.
RF
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2008 12:38:20 GMT
thanks rosefriend
i think i will just have to have a go!!!
xxx
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Post by Amo on Mar 12, 2008 15:13:11 GMT
I have sown 6 pots of grasses, all different, and now they are at the pricking out stage. Should I do them in little clumps or try and do them individually?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2008 20:12:24 GMT
Little clumps, they grow away into good sturdy plants. I have grown various perennials they need a bit of patience before they flower though.
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Post by Ruthie on Mar 12, 2008 22:19:30 GMT
I've never grown grasses from seed but they have grown themselves! In some cases very prolifically, particularly Stipa tenuissima and a bronze Carex (not like the ones you see in the G/C all the time but I don't know the name)
As some of them are short lived I'm very pleased that they propagete themselves for me!
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 13, 2008 8:21:41 GMT
I have sown 6 pots of grasses, all different, and now they are at the pricking out stage. Should I do them in little clumps or try and do them individually? I left (by mistake) the remnants of a bag of grass seed in a wheelbarrow, and when I saw it next it looked like a green wig, a thick mat of tangled root and leaf - but I tore it into a dozen chunks and 'planted' them in a bare patch of grass. They took well and a few months later were seamless. I'm rambling on, cos I reckon that rather than do anything, you allow the potfulls to grow a bit, then divide them. You should get a few dense clumps from each pot which you could plant in groups... OM. |
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Post by Amo on Mar 13, 2008 11:13:20 GMT
I've seen a few landrovers looking like green sheep  Clumps it is then. ;D |
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