GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
YOUR SUNDAY GARDENER.
WE TALKED ABOUT REPLACEMENTS FOR
GRASS, SOLUTIONS
FOR SHADE LAST
WEEK.
THIS WEEK WE ARE STILL ON GRASS
BUT
IT IS HARD TO GROW A REGULAR
LAWN ON IT.
THE SOIL
IS A LITTLE CLAY-LIKE,
AND I DECIDED TO PUT
ORNAMENTAL
ERE.
IT IS
TOUGH IN THE HOTTEST PART
BUT ORNAMENTALS SEEM TO BE ABLE
TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEM.
THESE DO LOVE FULL SUN.
THESE ARE
INCREDIBLE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE CORN.
WE WARN PEOPLE
AGAINST BAMBOO
BECAUSE IT IS INVASIVE.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST
VARIETY, 12
TO 15 FEET AND WILL TAKE OVER
BUT IT IS MANAGEABLE COMPARED TO
BAMBOO.
IF YOU WANT TO SCREEN OUT THE
NEIGHBOR OR SCREEN OUT SOMETHING
YOU DON'T LIKE IN
THE BACK YARD
THIS IS ONE WAY.
AND IT LIKES SUN?
THEY ALL
DO.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING PLANT
HERE.
THIS IS GREAT.
WHEN
YOU SEE THIS ON THE ROAD
EVEN IN
PEOPLE'S GARDENS IT HAS
A PINK GLOW.
THIS IS
MUHLY GRASS.
DONE RIGHT AND IN A BORDER IT IS
BEAUTIFUL.
GETS A LITTLE
LARGE.
BUT NOT OUT OF HAND.
I LOVE THEM.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
WE TELL PEOPLE NOT TO CUT THEY
WILL DOWN
UNTIL MARCH BECAUSE
THE BIRDIES LOVE THESE.
A LOT OF
THESE DON'T SPREAD
BY SEED.
SOME ARE
HYBRIDS.
THIS ONE IS SHENANDOAH AND IT
TURNS BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF THIS
RED AND THE SEED HEADS
TAKE ON A
PINKISH TINGE.
SO BRINGS OUT
FALL COLORS AND
SUMMER SEED HEADS AND WINTER YOU
HAVE GOT
TO CUT BACK IN THE
SPRING BEFORE THE NEW GROWTH.
MARCH 1 IS THE GENERAL
TIME.
HERE IS A GUY THAT HAS A SEED
HEAD THIS LOOKS LIKE YUCCA.
THIS IS
MPSA GRASS.
ALL ARE NOT
HARDY HERE.
THIS S IS.
THIS REALLY DOES WELL IN OUR
AREA AND
HARDY TO ZONE SEVEN.
VERY INTERESTING SEED HEAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE
WILL USE THEM
FOR ARRANGEMENTING INDOORS.
THERE IS FAMILIAR.
THIS IS
ONE OF THE
MISCANTHUS.
AS
THE MORNING LIGHT CATCHES IT
GLOWS.
DO SOME
OF THESE SPREAD?
THIS ROOT BALL GET LARGER?
SOME OF THE SEED HEADS WILL
DROP SO WATCH IF YOU DON'T WANT
THEM TO SPREAD
TOO FAR.
WE HAVE THIS GUY HERE.
BOTH OF
THESE.
THEY ARE ARE FOUNTAIN GRASSES
AND
GROW MORE WIDE.
I THINK THIS IS WELL NAMED AND
PEOPLE LOVE TO
TOUCH THE GRASSES
AND CAN FIT IN EITHER IN POTS
OR
BORDERS.
THE BEAUTY OF MOST OF THESE,
THEY ARE SUN LOVERS AND
THEY
ALMOST LIKE TO BE BAKED.
THEY DON'T MIND HOT
SUMMER AND
THEY ARE TOLERANT TO DROUGHT.
YOU THINK OF WHERE YOU ARE
FROM, THEY ARE OUT
IN THE PLAINS
STATES AND DID BEAUTIFULLY.
DON'T GET A LOT OF NEGLECT THERE
SO
HERE THEY ARE LOW
MAINTENANCE, BIRDIES LOVE THEM.
THEY GIVE YOU SOME
NICE
UPRIGHTING IN THE GARDEN,
ALMOST A
SOLUTION FOR
EVERYTHING BUT SHADE.
AND CUT IT ONCE A YEAR.
GO DOWN TO ABOUT HERE THE
1ST
OF MARCH.
GET IT BEFORE THE NEW
SHOOTS
COME UP.
THANKS FOR GREAT IDEAS.
ANOTHER WAY TO DEAL WITH HARD
SPOTS IN THE
YARD.
NEXT SUNDAY WE WILL BE BACK WITH
MORE.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN QUESTION
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