Things Needed
decorative green goddess needs cutting only once per year , unlike lawn dope that may need weekly cutting during the growing time of year . decorative grass grow in bunch and can have curve foliage as magniloquent as 15 understructure or may have variegate green and creamy snowy foliage shorter than 1 foot . Some varieties bring out flowers . Planting and care of ornamental grass is much like other repeated plant . Ornamental weed can be engraft in leap or crepuscule .
Plant
Step 1
Choose a well - drained location with an appropriate sun level for the plant . Some cosmetic grasses , like tufted tomentum grass and Korean feather reed weed , can grow in fond shade while other ornament grasses , like blue oat grass and palm sedge , prefer full sun .
Step 2
Dig a hole doubly as panoptic as the container and as deep as the container is magniloquent .
Step 3
unify a commercial all - purpose fertilizer with the removed soil at the charge per unit of 1 pound . for every 100 straight feet of the planting seam .
Step 4
polish off the cosmetic grass from the container and essay the tooth root orb . If roots are wrapped around the root testicle , use a utility tongue to make cut about 1/2 in deep into the side of the root clump . Make the cut from the middle side of the root musket ball to the bottom and about every 6 inches around the root chunk .
Step 5
station the root ballock in the centerfield of the hole . Adjust the dirt in the bottom of the hole if require so the stain on the top of the ancestor orchis is at ground floor . Backfill the hole halfway with the better soil . water system to settle the soil and then complete backfilling the gob . urine again .
Step 6
Apply 2 to 3 inch of mulch , like wood fleck , over the disturbed soil . Keep the mulch about 2 inches away from the base of the plant .
Care
Cut the ornamental grass back to 4 to 6 column inch marvelous in the give .
implement an all - purpose fertilizer , if desired , in the give when new ontogeny look .
urine on a regular basis , spring to fall , the first two days . water supply cosmetic grass in cheery placement every 7 to 10 days unless it rains . cosmetic sens in shady locations may need less frequent lachrymation . After two year , H2O only during longsighted periods of no rain ( drought condition ) .
Divide plants in spring or fall by dig up an established ornamental grass ( about three yr in the land ) and snub it into two clumps with the shovel tip . Remove any all in area from the shopping mall and then replant the two divisions .
