Gorgeous grasses

AS summer fades and the days shorten, ornamental grasses dance in the breeze, their silvery flower spikelets glimmering in lowering rays of sun. These plants look good for most of the year, producing clumps and tussocks of new spring growth, structural flower panicles and finally autumn leaf tints before fading to a pale blonde for winter. Most hold their outlines well despite cold, wet weather until growth is cut back in late winter or early spring before new leaves rise. Grasses bring fullness and movement to borders and act as calm foils to bright flower colours.

Open sunny position

Now is the time to look around and think about how