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Ornamental Grass
kskaren_gw

Short ornamental border grass for zone 5 shade garden

14 years ago

Is there even such a thing? This area gets maybe 3-4 hours of dappled sun each day and then full shade. I'm looking for a grass that gets full but only about 6"-8" tall. I don't care about the color, but I don't want straggly, which I think blue fescue grass tends to be. I would like to soften the edges of a brick pathway, so I need a lot of it. Any ideas?

Karen (who frequents the hosta forum)

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