Your birds are amazing. Really cool.

perennialmarket.com was recommended by Donn here in the forum.

I placed an order this week for miscanthus. Do you think you are a bit for norh for pampas grass?

Good luck,
Patrick

I wouldn't recommend Pampas grass, even the hardier dwarf pampas variety will be a really large grass for you, based on the aviary pictures (very cool btw).

Looks like you have some aquatic/tropical looking plants, I see cyperus there. Have you considered grass like sedges and rushes?

I think Juncus effusus Big Twister is very cool. You can google for suppliers.

Some other retail ornamental grass suppliers to look at would be:

Santa Rosa Gardens
High Country Gardens
Bluestem
Digging Dog
JoyCreek

You can Google any one of these to find info, or look them up in Dave's Garden Watchdog.

I'd stick with more controllable grass varieties that have easy to dig and move clump sizes. Cortaderia and even Miscanthus can get a pretty hefty clump that would be hard to dig and move out of the aviary.

Try:

Calamagrostis
Juncus
Acorus
Pennisetum

Leymus arenarius Blue Dune to add a very cool color.

Maybe a smaller variety of miscanthus, like Miscanthus sinensis Gold Bar.

Hope this helps out.

Thanks for the suggestions.The Aviary is heated ( forced Hot air ) oil heat, and 60 in the winter and off the charts in the summer.I will look up the recommendations. Your correct I have a 10,000 gallon pond in there too with Koi Fish, and I have some reeds I planted. I will post pics. I had some BEAUTIFUL brugmansia's . But there poisonous So I had to take them out. I also had GIANT Borneo elephant ears, and those I had to remove too because the cranes were chewing on them.
Thank You for your help.
Peter

Does anyone think Tiger grass, Thysanolaena maxima would be good choice?

I just purchased two small clumps for future bird cover... but know nothing about it yet.

Terry