go to the California Invasive Plant Council Web site at cal-ipc.org Encinitas resident Kurt Schroeder knows it will take some work to get rid of the 7-foot-tall pampas grass along the border of ...

borders or flower beds. Ornamental grasses have grown on home gardeners and professional landscapers. From colossal 12-feet tall stands of pampas grass to squat tufts of blue fescue, from sea oats ...

It bursts into growth just around the time spring-flowering bulbs and early season perennials are looking less attractive in the garden border. The new growth of the pampas grass fills in the ...

Plant any of these eyecatchers in a mixed border and they'll bring a sense of vertical strength. I've also seen pampas grass used to great effect as an informal avenue flanking a path. It also ...

As a result the grass borders now grow unfettered and, after a few months getting used to it, I now think that this is an improvement. I grow other plants in with them, notably asters ...

Sam Porter asks... My husband gave me a tiny pampas grass to plant at the side of our garden, next to the border, two years ago. It has done very well and is a nice size. It also achieved two ...

If you have pampas grass in your garden, you'll want to know when to cut back pampas grass so you can enjoy this feather-like plant all year long. Just like the other plants to cut back in winter ...

"The pampas grass looked fantastic and after someone ... especially if they were bringing arrangements across the borders of states that had different weed laws. "Some people are bringing the ...

enduring ornamental grasses really come into their own this time of year Mixed perennials and ornamental grasses in late summer border, September Pennisetum alopecuroides Pampas Grass What we term ...