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    How to use ornamental grasses

    Apr 21, 2020 4 minutes

    In this extract from AG 20 April 1974, Christopher Lloyd, of Great Dixter fame, looks at the popularity of ornament grasses

    THE popularity currently being enjoyed by ornamental grasses is well deserved. Flower arrangers have seized upon them for the special value of their flower or seedheads when dried. Ornamental grasses are useful both as flowering plants in the garden and as foliage plants, with many being strikingly variegated while others have waxy, glaucous leaves.

    If you are growing them principally for use as cut material, a spare plot out of sight will be suitable, allowing you to hack at will without qualms about the

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