10 Perrenial Grasses! Ornamental Grass for your Garden Year Round Interest, Low Maintenance, Privacy

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    About this video:
    In this video we look at some of my favorite plants to add to a landscape design, Perennial Ornamental Grasses! While there are many varieties you can choose from, I show a few examples I grow in my garden as well as some new ones I recently bought. I explain how you could use them to add a cool visual element to any area. Ornamental Grasses are such a valuable perennial in the garden for texture, color, visual interest, and even for Privacy! They offer a habitat for birds and pollinators, and are an all around must for your garden. Some of the plants I show are Hakonechloa grass, Fountain Grass, Blue Stem Grass, and even some grass like plants like Acorus! Do you grow any of these varieties in your garden? Comment below.
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  • @melissarodrigues9047
    @melissarodrigues9047 2 года назад +5

    Great video!! Love your grasses and landscape. I just planted feather reed grass and wondering if you normally cut yours back in the fall or spring? Thanks for your awesome videos!!

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад +2

      Hi Melissa! Thank you so much. I normally cut it back in late winter/very early spring. However, this year our dry hot summer made it look very dry and I didn't like the way it looked, so I cut it back to refresh it. But normally I would leave them standing through the winter beacuse they provide visual interest, and a habitat for birds, and polinators.

  • @ladylyonteeth3952
    @ladylyonteeth3952 2 года назад +3

    Ooh, I love all the grasses too, Steph! ❤

  • @janebentrott5984
    @janebentrott5984 2 года назад +2

    Great video! I love grasses!! I’m looking for Red October.🍂🍁🍂

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Jane! Oh thats another beauty!! Appears to be in the same "family" as the blackhawks! But a more vibrant red. And they are native! Thanks for watching!

  • @krisyallowega5487
    @krisyallowega5487 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for sharing your insights into Perennial Grasses! They are essential plants to include in our landscape, especially if you reside in the Prairies. At some point in time before Urban Sprawl the Plains and Prairies of North American were covered in short and tall grasses.
    From an environmental viewpoint, we should not be covering our Grasslands with trees. We should be re-stocking them with Native Historic Perennial Grasses that survive winters, droughts, floods, buffering us from these catastrophic weather events.

  • @WannabeGardenEden
    @WannabeGardenEden Месяц назад

    Stef, I just bot a Hakanochloa grass last week & I lovvve it. I combined it with Red Heucheras in my Hydrangea Garden, Love it.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  29 дней назад +1

      That sounds like a beautiful combo! Enjoy 🌱💚

  • @msmaddox2918
    @msmaddox2918 2 года назад +1

    I love ornamental grasses too Steph! Unfortunately, my husband thinks they look like weeds but I still grow them anyway! 🤣

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад +1

      Mary, I'm just noticing this comment. How funny!! I have so many plants that my husband thinks are weeds. For a while he called my dogwood trees, "Hosta trees", he's come a long way. There are some grasses that look better, and less weedy then others. Hopefully you find some he can agree on at some point.

  • @SnappyR
    @SnappyR 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this grass tour - I really want the Ogon Sweet Flag grass! My bookmark tab is growing out of control for next season 🙂

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Robyn! Oh its a great one to have. I hope you find it. I can't recommend it enough. Its soooooo hardy, good for wet garden spots, and stays evergreen (just a more buttery shade of yellow vs the bright color in winter), whats not to love?! Its awesome. Thanks for watching.

    • @SnappyR
      @SnappyR 2 года назад

      @@HookedandRooted Then if it stays evergreen in your one zone lower (I'm a 7b), then it sounds like it will stay evergreen here as well - always looking for that year round color - thanks again for the info!

  • @wagnerab1958
    @wagnerab1958 2 года назад +3

    Great video! I'll definitely look for Blackhawk, I love the fact that it'll turn red in the fall. Thank you!

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Anne! Its new to me, but I'm so excited to have it and hope it thrives in my garden. Its a beauty!!

    • @charlesgates9814
      @charlesgates9814 Год назад

      I cannot find your link to where you got it.ty

    • @breeking3333
      @breeking3333 11 месяцев назад

      @@charlesgates9814Bluestems are native to North America, especially east coast as that’s what I’m familiar with, check any quality nursery and ask for it. Blackhawk and Smoke Signal are nice varieties.

  • @simplybloom
    @simplybloom 2 года назад +2

    I’m normally not a fan of ornamental grass. It feels like I spend all my time trying to keep grass out of my garden that the last thing I want to is plant grass, but this video may have changed my mind! Might have to look into adding a few!

  • @PershijsmachnijKherson
    @PershijsmachnijKherson 2 года назад +3

    Hello my friend. Great job! Thanks for sharing this video! Always believe in yourself and keep doing what you love, good luck!👍💎🌻

  • @jasminelouisefarrall
    @jasminelouisefarrall 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful collection Steph 🥰💕🥰

  • @shellytroup8797
    @shellytroup8797 Год назад +2

    I just love watching your videos! You are a wealth of information, thank you for that! I have to say you are my inspiration when it comes to gardening. I hope my garden turns out as beautiful as yours! Never stop making videos! 😊

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hi Shelly, Thank you so much for your kind words. Your very welcome, and thank you so much for being here. I'm certain your garden is already beautiful. Thanks for watching, and take care!

  • @New-Hat-Gardening
    @New-Hat-Gardening 2 года назад

    Grasses ad so much texture to a garden ❤

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      They really are such a beautiful textural element. Thanks for watching.

  • @Peoniesandpinks
    @Peoniesandpinks 2 года назад +1

    Terrific grasses

  • @Orientalbackyardgarden
    @Orientalbackyardgarden 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for all the detailed information 🙂🌾

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад +1

      You are so welcome! Thank you for watching Ben!

  • @susanschellberg4509
    @susanschellberg4509 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful. I have several of them. Sweet flag has thrived in a wet area and love that it stays evergreen.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Susan! Its great isn't it?! I'm so happy with the sweet flag.

  • @kristenhimslhunter4072
    @kristenhimslhunter4072 Год назад +1

    I’m all about ornamental grasses this spring so thank you for making this video! I’m zone 5 Wisconsin

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      You are so welcome! They offer so much beauty to the garden. And relatively low maintance. win/win. Enjoy!

  • @mairwaugus5203
    @mairwaugus5203 2 года назад +2

    A much needed video for me. I'm just starting to dabble in ornamental grasses. My first selection was a native to Wisconsin grass called Blonde Ambition. Very unusual seed heads!

    • @grantwest7942
      @grantwest7942 2 года назад +2

      Yay native! We have so many beautiful native grasses, I don’t like seeing all the non native promotion.

    • @mairwaugus5203
      @mairwaugus5203 2 года назад

      @@grantwest7942 exactly!

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад +1

      I agree, ideally native is the way to go. I was happy to find the Blackhawks big bluestem is native!

  • @carolynmareck5112
    @carolynmareck5112 2 года назад +2

    Steph..I love this video! I have several of the ones you showed…I have a grouping of five of the Karl Foerster which I adore…they’re so browned out now with the heat and drought here…hopefully they’ll be fine in the Spring!!

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад +1

      Hi Carolyn, Thank you so much!! I am pretty proud of this vid also. As for the Karl Foerster, its AWESOME. I absolute love this grass. The compact habit is what sold me after having a very large grass quickly outgrow its space. Now I want Karl Foerster EVERYWHERE lol. A group of 5 must be so gorgeous! I love the group of 3 I have here, and plan on doing some more groupings in a new bed I'm working on. I'll be dividing mine this fall to use in a new bed. Mine also got very browned, and dried looking this year, due to the very high heat and dry summer. I do think they could have benefited from a bit more water. I cut them back to refresh them, and they flushed out beautifully, I just missed out on the beautiful fall plumes this year. They will be fine! water them deeply to keep them hydrated until they go dormant, and then hopefully the weather takes over from there. They should come back next year.

  • @breeking3333
    @breeking3333 7 месяцев назад

    One of the most significant features of the Andropogons also known as Bluestem grasses are that they are NATIVE in North America which is why they are so essential to wildlife habitats. Many birds and insects use this grass during their life cycle. This genus of grass was here in our country long before us so we should do our part to replant them as much as we can since we have been losing so many due to our construction growth.

  • @elizabethwalters8790
    @elizabethwalters8790 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic, informative video as always…..many thanks again Steph 💚💚💚

  • @mariemcgrath8681
    @mariemcgrath8681 2 года назад +1

    Great video, I will have to start looking at some Grasses in my area, they certainly give
    a different texture to a garden bed. Thank you

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Marie!! They bring such a beautiful textural element to the garden. Hope you find some to add soon. Thanks for watching!

  • @frederickcombs8661
    @frederickcombs8661 3 месяца назад

    My first video with you and it was excellent.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  3 месяца назад

      Thank you so much!! Welcome to the channel! 🌱

  • @ourcozygarden
    @ourcozygarden 2 года назад +1

    The variegated sweet flag looks great, especially as an evergreen. We love our Karl Foerster grasses which we placed in our front garden to add more privacy. They're very easy to maintain and need very little watering :D

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi there! I agree, the sweetflag and the Karl Foerster, both awesome! Thanks for watching.

  • @persephonespomegranate
    @persephonespomegranate 2 года назад +3

    All Gold Japanese Forest Grass is one of my favs! I’m in zone 6a and using it in full sun (which is pushing it) but they still look good - slightly crispy at some tips but not bad. If you have a part-sun location, I bet these will look really fresh and full.
    I added mine w/ contrasting heuchera - groupings of 3 plants along the front of my border: eg a black coral bell, a burgundy / rose one (Primo series for both are tops!) and one of the gold forest grasses. Stunning.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад +1

      Thank sounds beautiful!! I do think after a couple seasons the plants adjust and as long as they are getting enough water etc, they might get less crispy in those light conditions over time. Its always an experiment in the garden. Thanks for watching.

  • @TheOrganizedHomemaker
    @TheOrganizedHomemaker 2 года назад +2

    I love your grass collection. I’ve slowly been adding grasses for texture and interest and have been on the hunt for the lime green options that you have. Great video as always

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Claudia! Thank you so much! Yes definitely a must add to the garden. Thanks for watching friend!

  • @grisespino5342
    @grisespino5342 5 месяцев назад

    I just got an acorus sweet flag grass. Thanks for the growing tips and stats.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  5 месяцев назад

      Yay!! I hope you love it as much as I do.

  • @karenschwartz5209
    @karenschwartz5209 Год назад +1

    Very nice, thank you!

  • @TheGardeningMe
    @TheGardeningMe 2 года назад +2

    So many great choices! Love the 'ever' series of Carex. I have to keep mine in the fenced raised bed area as, around here, it's a favourite of the local bunnies. The sweet flag looks amazing! I've added it to my list ❤

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Margaret! Oh no so sad the bunnies eat it!! I've wanted to add some blue fescue grasses, but a local gardener friend says they eat her fescue! We just never know what they'll touch. I have bunnies, but find the most damage from the deer thus far. The sweet flag is great! If you can find it, I'm sure you'll love it.

  • @suzanneseely7167
    @suzanneseely7167 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this very informative and helpful video. I have been considering adding grasses to my garden but wasn’t sure where to start.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Suzanne, Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

  • @Pervydachny
    @Pervydachny 2 года назад

    Hello! Excellent overview of perennial herbs. They are great. Andropogon was especially impressed, I like how he changes his color throughout the year, super. Thank you for the interesting video. Happiness to you👍🌻💙

  • @edwardmangoma7673
    @edwardmangoma7673 2 года назад +1

    very nice garden .

  • @Kiki-wi7px
    @Kiki-wi7px 2 года назад

    🌵 We Live in the S.W. Desert. We Have Desert Landscape, including a Rock Yard. Not "Into" Floral's, but L💜VE the Grasses. We H-a-d "2" Beautiful Pampas Grass. There was "1" on each side of a Rock-Riverbed. The Rabbit's would even Stand on their Lil' Hind-Leg's to Feast on Them. Eventually We Removed Them. They Do "Shed" Their Nice Plummage, which Does Make a Mess as well. Now, Trying to Decide 🤔 WHAT to Replace Them with.

  • @gardentherapySOS
    @gardentherapySOS 2 года назад +1

    I wonder if your beach grass is actually a miscanthus? They get quite large with tan plumes. Very nice grasses but definitely for a large area.

  • @LaMaiStyle
    @LaMaiStyle 2 года назад

    I wish my zone 4 could grow lemon grass. Pretty grass and useful for cooking Thai food

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Lemon grass is great! I haven't grown it yet since its annual in my zone, but I always admire it at the garden center and enjoy its fragrance. Thanks for watching!

  • @Jdadkins6198
    @Jdadkins6198 2 года назад

    I love all those grasses! A couple I didn’t know about so thank you for sharing. One grass ya might fall in love with is Karly rose fountain grass. It has lavender burgundy blush type plumes. I planted in front of a blue chiffon standard tree that looked kinda wimpy just cuz it’s newly planted. I enjoy looking at that grass with the blue flowers above it. So pretty! I always love seeing all your beautiful plants in the landscape. Such a wonderful inspiration!!

  • @lindaphillips7936
    @lindaphillips7936 2 года назад +1

    Great video

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching Linda!

  • @denisemcnaught7784
    @denisemcnaught7784 Год назад

    love this. thank you! do you have a video on how to divide the grass? thanks. 😊

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hi Denise, Thank you so much. I show dividing some grasses as part of another video here ruclips.net/video/7Ji3NbZHYqI/видео.html at 6:34 Typically you just dig them up, split down the midddle, and plant the sections, water them in well, and they should be fine. Hope this helps.

  • @chloek.5076
    @chloek.5076 2 года назад

    I LOVE all your videos. It would be helpful if you can have a list of grass / plant that you mentioned in the description box. Thank you so much for the helpful information.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Chloe! Thank you so much! I included names in the video, but if I have some time later I'll update the description. Thank you for your comment.

  • @marianalvarado4193
    @marianalvarado4193 2 года назад +2

    Great video, I have often admired that huge arching grass that you had to move in people's yards and I've wondered what the name is. I wish I had a spot for it. I have the Sweet Flag in our pond, it's beautiful, even though it's starting to get really big!

    • @kathymiller9916
      @kathymiller9916 2 года назад +3

      I'm pretty sure that tall "beach grass" in the video is some cultivar of Miscanthus sinensis ... "Maiden Hair Grass." I have a couple of varieties in our back yard. Some are bigger than others but all of them are pretty big. ;-) They have pretty seed plumes that will persist into winter and the grass makes a lovely sound when there's a breeze outside in winter.

    • @marianalvarado4193
      @marianalvarado4193 2 года назад +1

      @@kathymiller9916 Oh, thank you! Does it turn a pretty golden color in the Fall?

    • @kathymiller9916
      @kathymiller9916 2 года назад +2

      @@marianalvarado4193 Probably a light, soft golden tan? I should pull up some winter photos to remind myself. ;-)

    • @kathymiller9916
      @kathymiller9916 2 года назад +2

      @@marianalvarado4193 I'm not up-to-date on the newer cultivars, but 'Yaku Jima' is a more compact version. It's still over my head when it sets the seedheads. There might be some even shorter ones now. Not sure. A Google search would probably bring them up.

  • @s.barlow7062
    @s.barlow7062 Год назад +1

    In the past I have had problems with Zebra Grass and one other grass spreading their seed’s through my garden. Do you have any tips on controlling unwanted seedlings? Really enjoyed this video.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hi there, I mostly just pull them out when I see them. Although I have to say in my garden the varieties i have ie. karl forester, the hameln, aren't invasive or spreading. I have heard some varities of the blue grasses can be this way. I actually got some daylilies from a garden fair once, that came with some of that blue grass seed, and i'm forever pulling it in one of my beds. I use a hori hori to try to get them at the roots, but they still pop up here and there.

  • @SpecialEdBusDriverFisherman
    @SpecialEdBusDriverFisherman 2 года назад +1

    Have you done a Sedum video? I really need more education on them and I saw yours in the flower beds

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hi Edward, Not yet. But perhaps this upcoming season. They are great plants.

  • @Myfirstgarden
    @Myfirstgarden Год назад +1

    I think I’m lacking movement in my front flower bed space, a good grass is needed to dance in the wind. Or maybe opposite the garden bed by the driveway, I’ll think it over 🌬🌬

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Grasses are a great addition. Hope you'll find one that fits a spot in your garden.

  • @GardenArcX
    @GardenArcX 2 года назад

    I think I will be your new channel mate ❤

  • @beverlypatterson
    @beverlypatterson Год назад

    Hi!
    Loved your video but I wanted to know the name of the tree close to your house, and how far did you plant it from the house?

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hi Beverly, is it the blue tree planted to close to the house? That is a Colorado Blue Spruce. I made a mistake by planting it too close years ago beacuse it was labeled incorrectly as a dwarf type of spruce. It is not, and therefore much too large for the space. It will have to be replaced eventually unfortunately.

  • @sterlgirlceline
    @sterlgirlceline Год назад

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @betijajurksta
    @betijajurksta 2 года назад

    I am thinking the big grass you were given might be miscanthus gracillimus...

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Betija! I think you are right!! It does look alot like it. Thank you!!

  • @GlendasTexasGarden
    @GlendasTexasGarden 2 года назад

    Is that Neon Sedum in front of the Carl Forester Reed Grass?

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад +1

      Hi there! Yes, I believe it is the Neon variety of the Autumn Joy Sedum/Stonecrop since it has the more bright yellowish foliage. It was given to me by a neighbor, and I just love it!

    • @GlendasTexasGarden
      @GlendasTexasGarden 2 года назад

      @@HookedandRooted it's beautiful

  • @jonisolis9645
    @jonisolis9645 Месяц назад

    🥰💞🥰

  • @mayaportland8805
    @mayaportland8805 Год назад

    So what is exactly the name of the "problematic" grass, the one that is growing very large? I like it the best, it's exactly what Im looking for a tall, large fluffy grass that softens and fills a space.

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад +1

      It might be a misacanthus. However it was given to me, and the person didn't give me a name. In the comments misacanthus came up a few times.

    • @mayaportland8805
      @mayaportland8805 Год назад

      @@HookedandRooted I looked it up and already purchased one. Waiting to arrive.
      Thank you so much for your inspiring video.

  • @New-Hat-Gardening
    @New-Hat-Gardening 2 года назад

    Remember…Sedges have edges 👍

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  Год назад

      Hey there! They sure do! They've gotten me a time or two lol like a paper cut.

  • @carolrose4784
    @carolrose4784 2 года назад

    Disappointed that no mention of cut back when or how?!!! Or IF

    • @HookedandRooted
      @HookedandRooted  2 года назад

      Hi Carol, This was just a video showing different varieties. It wasn't a tutorial to show care and maintenance. However, I'm sure there are plenty of videos you can find on this information. Sorry to dissapoint you after all the effort I put forth in this video. Hope you find what your looking for.