Discover the glee of grasses Native and ornamental varieties offer transformative beauty By: Colleen Zacharias Posted: 6:00 AM CDT Saturday, May. 25, 2024 Last Modified: 3:00 PM CDT Monday, May ...

Jackie Bantle Published Jun 21, 2019 • Last updated Jun 21, 2019 • 4 minute read Join the conversation Karl Foerster grass at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm. (photo by Bernadette Vangool)Saskatoon ...

Big bluestem was named Manitoba’s official grass earlier this year, but it wasn’t an easy decision. “We knew that big bluestem was a front runner before the campaign began because of ...

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Big bluestem has been available to home gardeners for many years. It is a warm-season, (emerging late in the spring), tall, (often 5 to 8 feet), clump-forming grass, Stack said.

Warm-season grasses (C4), on the other hand, are adapted to grow most actively in temperatures from the mid-70s and up. Included here are most of our “classic” prairie natives, like blue grama ...

They may be upright, vase shaped, mounded or tufted. Upright grasses like Northwind switch grass stand straight as soldiers. They are especially useful in space-challenged gardens.

You can see "The Blues" and other native ornamental grasses along the edge of Lake Sydnor at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. For more about other native plants and trees, visit lewisginter.org.