Ornamental grasses have a place in your garden design and landscape build. Many people focus their attention on flowers and shrubs that add interest to the garden. But, it is worth pausing and considering how the foliage of ornamental grasses can add character, colour and texture in your dream garden.
A wide variety of ornamental grasses
You have an abundance of choice when it comes to ornamental grasses. Colours vary with shades of green, gold, red, blue, or purple on offer. Grasses can be low-growing or can be large feature specimens. While many grasses provide flower and colour, they stand out in a breeze as they provide movement and gentle sound to the garden environment. Larger varieties can be grown as a screen to block unsightly views or provide added privacy in the garden.
Expert horticulturalists use grasses
Professional horticulturalists and garden designers will embrace ornamental grasses and include them in their planting plans. Grasses offer beauty and provide architectural structure. They offer interest throughout the year. Unquestionably, grasses mix very well with perennial and annuals to provide fantastic displays.
Year round beauty and interest is provided with very little demand for maintenance. Ornamental grasses can largely be left wild. Also, these plants have great disease resistance, reducing the need for fertilisers and other products. They are a wonderful shelter for wildlife and insects, making them a sound ecological choice. Additionally, grasses are ideal for preventing soil erosion.
About Outlook Gardens
We are leaders in transforming outdoor spaces, using expertly selected specimen plants, designed and installed with care to convey your own signature taste so that you can truly escape to reconnect with your creative and spiritual self.
With over 30 years experience, we develop and maintain luxurious outdoor spaces in some of Dublin’s most exclusive residential properties and multi-unit developments. To learn more and to discuss your garden design and build projects, please contact us.