More ornamental grasses to cut down...
I do love ornamental grasses for many reasons: they have great structure and bulk, create a sense of repetition when massed, catch the wind beautifully, provide much-needed winter interest over a long Toronto winter and as "low-maintenance" as you can expect from a perennial. They are, however, a bit tough to deal with in spring when you need to cut them back to about 4-6". Sharp tools, gloves and safety glasses are strongly advised.
This backyard garden in west-end Toronto has several large and mature clumps of Miscanthus and Calamagrostis (Maiden grass and Feather Reed Grass) which were cut back as part of the many "spring cleanups" I've performed since mid-April.
To be charitable, cutting back these ornamental grasses now represents the only real maintenance for the next 364 days. Once established, they don't need regular watering, fertilizing, deadheading and are ignored by pests and diseases. You can save this type of tender loving care for your roses, I suppose.
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