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- How do I design a bed of grasses and perennials?
- Which grasses and perennials harmonize with each other?
- A shady bed of grasses and perennials
- A full sun bed with grasses and perennials
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
Flowering perennials and grasses complement each other wonderfully
How do I design a bed of grasses and perennials?
Filigree grasses and colorful perennials can harmonize perfectly with each other, it depends only on the right combination. Some grasses are more suitable as specimen plants and should also be planted individually, to bring out well.
Which grasses and perennials harmonize with each other?
When selecting your grasses and perennials, you should pay particular attention to the stature height. So low grasses harmonize very well with also small remaining perennials. For example, you can combine feather or grass with asters or stonecrops. The fine blades of grass let the colored flowers shine particularly intense. Special contrasts can be achieved by single tall perennials between low grasses.
If you have opted for watching vigilant, strict-looking perennials, then choose fine, overhanging grasses. They loosen the bed considerably. Combine different leaf shapes and colors, such as bright grasses with dark-leaved perennials or vice versa, that will make your new bed more attractive. But make sure that all plants in the bed need about the same care (water and fertilizer).
A shady bed of grasses and perennials
In a shady garden, you can plant well Japan silvergrass, it feels well there and lightens dark areas a bit. This grass blends perfectly with large-leaved perennials such as perennial begonia. Also, funerals and hydrangeas thrive very well in the shade.
A full sun bed with grasses and perennials
For example, bluebells, bracts, the storkbill and the edelweiss, as well as the fat hen and various types of carnation are ideal for a full sun. Blue beach grass, white ostrich grass, Magellan grass and silvergrass grass also feel very comfortable in the sun. Do not put too many different kinds in a bed, it will make you feel restless.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
Above all, set up your own taste when choosing plants, after all, the garden should please them and not necessarily win a prize.