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these plants at your local nursery and it's possible to plant the skimmias and stipas in the garden when they outgrow the display.Put safety first: be sure to buy lights that are safe for outdoor use, which usually means they'll have a transformer between

some plants to at least start me off and I can keep adding as funds allow. So I brought - 1 Stipa gigantea 2 Stipa tenuissima 1 Coprosma 4 Palace purple heuchera 2 Hebe, the bushier heart breaker 2 white lupins 1 white and 1 pink Salvia

when there are too many competing for the same resources may be necessary, but apart from that, all we need to do is wait and see.Perennial lady's mantle has furry, round leaves and produces lime-green flowers. It grows to around 45cm high

I posted twice the same question and im not sure where its gone. So i will ask again. Would you recommend cutting back Stipa grass in spring in order to encourage new growth. Late autumn, when they die, is the usual time to cut grasses back.  If you

get too high nor invade.  They look extremely good with verbena bonariensis which does grow tall but is light and airy and also has nectar and pollen for insects. You could also consider forms of stipa such as tenuensis or even gigantica as this forms

, consider alternatives to bamboo. Ornamental grasses like miscanthus, stipa, Calamagrostis grow quickly and flower well. while choosing best one you need to go with size.. You will find that many bamboo species can vary considerably in size depending

, which are useful, especially to butterflies, though these are never recommended on TV shows. When I cut down my grasses, I leave bundles around for the birds to use for nesting material. My favourite is stipa tennuissima, which doesn't grow huge

of the base (the root bottom), using a saw. Then replace the plant in its pot, sitting on an inch of new compost for the roots to grow into. But you don't want to go to all that trouble. Mine get fed as part of the spring scattering of pelleted chicken manure

shrub that I grow in a container by my front door. Dwarf hydrangea's, grasses like hackonochloa, stipa Tennuissima, elymus magellanicus, skimmias, sarcoccoca , alpines like lithodora, osteospermum ( take cuttings every year in case of losses

hi  need to no if i cut back a big pamass grass will it grow back and can i dig it up and move it .. Yes you can cut pampas grass back now....in fact you need to. Cut it near to ground level.Difficult plant to move....how big is it? You can split