Decorative cereals and herbs in the autumn garden

09-06-2018

Tips and ideas

Despite the fact that cereal grasses have been used in the garden not so long ago, some of their species have been known for a very long time. This canary and pampas grass. The popularity of other plants is growing from year to year.

It is best to use ornamental grasses and herbs in combination with other perennials. It is also recommended to plant them in large flower beds or gardens. But it is allowed to use the plants in small gardens, if it is undersized cereals - soft Bukharnik and fescue.

Types of grass and cereals

What types of cereals and herbs should you pay attention to?

Veinik flower is a high cereal. A great option for the design of the background flower garden. It blooms with pinkish panicles from the middle of summer and does not fall as autumn approaches. Watering is moderate, lighting - partial shade or sun.

Bearded Gerard - straight bush, has long leaves with a height of 2.4 m. It blooms in early autumn.

Japanese grass or Hakonehloya large - it is a shade-tolerant grass with yellow-green leaves. Poisonous.

Miscanthus Chinese - the most popular option. Height up to 2 meters. The leaves are lanceolate. It has inflorescences-panicles.

Oriental peristhistostepe - length 60 cm. It is required to cover the plant for the winter.

Transylvanian perlovnik - 1 meter in height, perennial grass. Loves fertile soil and sun. Inflorescences-panicles are very thick.

Blue Moliniya - decorative grass, characterized by compactness. It blooms in early autumn. Loves wet soils. Spikelets of a violet shade.

The peristhene foxtail is 80 cm high. It blossoms with fluffy brown spikelets.

Hasmantium broadleaf - flatland or wild oats. All inflorescences are located in the same plane, flattened. It blooms in September and October. Loves the sun and moist soil. Height - 1.2 meters.

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Features planting ornamental grasses and cereals

Grasses and grasses will be an excellent solution for both "poor" vegetation sites, and for flower beds.

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If you plant some cereals, they are unlikely to attract someone's attention. However, with the right combination of them with other plants, the flowerbed will immediately get a sophisticated look.

If the site has an artificial or natural pond, next to it you can safely plant a reed grass or a valley. Fescue better planted on a rocky surface. She perfectly dilute the gray stones. You can read about lawn grass here.

What plants to choose? The best choice is perennial plants, since it will be inconvenient to spend time on the permanent arrangement of the garden.

What grains are suitable for dry soil?

Fescue Sizaya feels great on sandy and stony soils near coniferous plants.
Falyaris - anywhere in the flower garden.
The ryegrass of Bulbs is on the heights and along the edges of the garden.
Ozhika - everywhere.

Since the cereals feel great on "poor" soils, it is not necessary to fertilize the soil with compost before planting! Lovers of Moorish lawns will be interested in this material.

Grass and grass for wet soil

In places of high humidity planted:

Daylily Hybrid, which is recommended to be placed right next to the water.
Blue-eyed - undersized plant, which is planted around the perimeter of the pond.
Siberian Iris - suitable for any place in the garden.
Miskantus Sakharokotsvetkovy, it is recommended to plant for the iris.

Flowerbed of spicy herbs (video)

Preparing the landing site

How to plant ornamental grass? Prepare the soil!

First you need to dig.

Then the soil is given the required level.

Then markup is made with sand.

The area for planting increases with the growth of cereals. So the fescue will require not much space - 6 bushes can fit on 1 meter. Miscanthus will need 40 cm for 1 bush.

The combination of cereals with plants

Since grasses and herbs spread quickly, it is not recommended to place them close to weak plants. The fastest growing grasses are the bearded man Gerard, the spartina comb and the canary.
If the garden is small, it is better to choose a blue mininius or hakonekhluyu - such species differ in slow growth.
For a composition with herbs and cereals, flowers such as burnet, meadowsweet, stems, phlox, verbena, gelenium are suitable.
The use of cereals in mixborders suggests the presence of perennials. At the same time it is worth choosing plants with similar growing conditions. For example, the Beatles sedge will look great at the edge of a pond with a reed grass flower plant, a sucrose flower miscanthus, a reed leaf.
The combination of roses and grasses looks spectacular. But for ordinary gardens, it is not suitable, only for the territory, decorated in a cottage style.
The move used by many designers is planting an airy grass with a hilly shape of a hummock, in the foreground. This will give the flower garden romance.
If the garden is rocky, you should use fescue and dwarf sedges. Of the recent trends, it is worth noting the use of grass grasses as a ground cover or as an alternative to standard lawn.

So, ornamental grasses and herbs are a great choice for an autumn garden. At the same time, before planting, it is worthwhile to choose the right plants, based on what type of soil is best for them. Carefully selected herbs that meet the conditions of your site - a guarantee that in the future there will be no unpleasant surprises in the garden.