Bloom Magazine UK

SUPER GRASS

For elegance, simplicity and longevity, grasses are just the thing. They have so much to offer any garden: they’re remarkably easy to grow, and once you know the difference between deciduous and evergreen grass, their needs are easy to understand. Better still they require very little maintenance to give a stunning effect virtually year-round.

Perhaps more than any other group of plants, grasses mark the changing seasons with style. Spring brings fresh greens, followed rapidly by strong growth with changes seen almost daily; indeed some grasses can go from ground level to head-height in a matter of months, holding aloft a mass of flowers to boot. Colours change too: as the year passes, greens

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