Grasses of the tall variety

twopenny

I know nothing about them but like the idea of movement in a garden surrounded by fences.

Are there any varieties that are easily maintained?

I tried the little blue grass but although lovely for a couple of years it got overwhelmed with dead bits that didn't come out with a comb etc as suggested elsewhere. They eventually looked so awful they had to be removed.

I just have this feeling that the big ones too will have lots of dead stuff hard to remove despite gardeners world constantly recommending them without showing how they get at the base over a year or two.

Any experience welcome 

Slinky

We are going to dig out the Stipa  somethingorother (Pony Tails) I put in last year. It's been too succesful. Has grown a lot bigger and self seeded all over the place. We've also got something called Flamingo grass which is spectacular, and again this is coming out as it's got too big. We're going to put some in a pot to help contain it as we do love it. It hasn't had the problem of self seeding, but it's put out a lot of runners under the weed proof membrane.

Be careful what you pick!

twopenny

Potted is a good idea.
I have a favourite shrub and the mint in large pots with the bottom cut off and then sunk in the soil so the roots don't spread where other plants can grow.
Working well so far 🙂

wort

2p I had zebra grass, over 5 foot tall but needed cutting down every year when it goes brown , which got to be a big job as the stems get a bit tough. I had given a bit to db in law and they never cut it back and it grew huge. I never saw it just what I was told of it. I eventually took it out. 

twopenny

Some good tips, thanks.
What not to buy is often as helpful as the other way 😉 

They all look wonderful on the telly but experience tells me caution because I don't have a gardening team to deal with stuff.
Perhaps imitation ones would do the job without the hassle 🙂

Dustyevsky

I always cut my tall grasses to zero in spring. Grasses like Calamagrostis 'Overdam,' for example, are well-behaved and don't mind that. 

I do the same for Miscanthus 'Morning Light.' Being a miscanthus, it comes with the warning that removal/repositioning may be quite difficult. Larger varieties have even defied my mattock! 

Niv

I love my miscanthus giganteus but wish it would grow taller! It currently only gets to about 6ft and is clump forming so sofar it is staying where i want it

WeAreGhosts

i have calamagrostis karl foerster next to a path. its well behaved. i cut it down each February and it grows to 5.5ft each year. looks lovely swaying in the wind.