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    Home » Gardening & Outdoors » Spring Gardening

    Landscaping with grasses - some ideas from my neighborhood!

    Published: Apr 3, 2014 · Modified: Dec 29, 2022 by Susan Moncrieff · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

    I love grasses!  I have them in a few areas of my yard.  They are tall and graceful and often have a job to do!  I was looking through my pictures on my computer and noticed I had taken some snap shots of some graceful grasses in the fall. I thought I'd share them with you!

    We have light posts in our front yards where we live.  I really like how my one neighbor used rose bushes and the grasses to give the light post more of a landscaped look.  Some folks just have this light popping out of their lawn and it looks, well, it just looks practical.

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    I know in interior design and landscaping too much symmetry is not the goal.   But, I love it in this planting of grasses.   The landscaping at this house is getting a redo and I'm glad they chose to keep this grass feature.

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    Grasses also have a very practical purpose.  The correctly chosen grasses grow nice and tall and thick and can help make a beautiful privacy barrier.  I was tempted to crop the picture below to just show you the grass but here it's use is more a part of the whole privacy barrier created with landscaping.   The grasses are on the left, behind the bench.  Don't they look perfect there?  They fill in a gap between the bottom of two trees.

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    I have grasses along my fence for my pool.   It helps soften the lines of the black straight fencing.   Perfect height, perfect color and low maintenance.  What more could you want!

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    The grasses below are planted more as a visual feature.   Don't they frame the purple flowers in front of them nicely?

     

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    Of course, we can't forget that grasses are awesome in planters!  They add some nice hight, color and texture.    I always love a pretty grass instead of the spiky plants that I used for so many years.

     

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    I'll end on a professional grass planting at a local golf course.   If you choose to do this, build yourself a waterfall and then feature your grasses surrounded by stone.  It will look wonderful :)!

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    I'm so hoping for warmer weather soon!  I keep looking at pictures, websites and magazines for beautiful gardening inspiration.   I want to go outside and play in the dirt.  Isn't that what gardening is?  A grown up way to play in the dirt :).

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    1. John Williams

      October 14, 2016 at 10:49 pm

      Grasses are especially great choices for planting near swimming pools. Because the grasses don't bloom, they don't attract bees.

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    2. justin

      September 15, 2016 at 2:07 pm

      Here on the coast, a lot of people use grasses and it looks really good. It gives things a more coastal feel to me.

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    3. Ruth

      September 10, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      The grasses do great for playing with hight in the visual impact of the landscape. Looks great up against the pool barrier, too - keeps it from looking too severe. Great pics.

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    4. Braden Bills

      August 10, 2016 at 8:14 am

      I've been trying to come up with a good way to get my home looking nice. I didn't know that landscaping with grass was such a good idea! I really like how it looks. I'll have to give it a shot on my property! Thank you for sharing!

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    5. Tara Allen

      March 11, 2016 at 3:03 pm

      I love how you planted a few rose bushes in your yard to make it more lively. I am glad to know that with landscaping you do not want to have too much symmetry. I like that using grass to cover your lawn is very practical.

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