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Unwanted Ornamental Grasses in Yard

By Ellen Wells | Published: July 10, 2009

Q. I’m back living at the family home and my Dad had planted some tall grass in front of house, in front of the evergreen bushes next to area sump pump drains out. It gets really tall and is ugly. What can I do to get rid of and what can I put in its [...]

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Trimming Ornamental Grasses

By Ellen Wells | Published: June 21, 2009

This question has two answers. Read on!
Q. I planted ornamental grass (blue) last year. This year it has grown like wild, and some had already gone to seed this week (June 9th, zone 5). I am a bit impulsive in nature and saw that seeds were falling everywhere all over my garden, so I cut [...]

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