Pampas grasses have\u2014perhaps justifiably\u2014a dubious reputation: old-fashioned, stuffy, non-native; some species are classified as invasive in Southern Europe (and soon here, too?). In the past, their winter hardiness was also considered insufficient. <\/p>\n
But: As with almost every genre that\u2019s been looked down upon, there are exceptions!<\/p>\n
Pampas grasses have\u2014perhaps justifiably\u2014a dubious reputation: old-fashioned, stuffy, non-native; some species are classified as invasive in Southern Europe (and soon here as well?). In the past, their winter hardiness was also considered insufficient. <\/p>\n
But: As with almost every underappreciated plant family, there are exceptions! Cortaderia selloana \u2018Sunningdale Silver\u2019 is a \u201cmust-have plant.\u201d I know of no other tall grass with such elegance and lightness. Yet it makes a design impact that can\u2019t be beat. (Semi-)evergreen, extremely long-lived, frost-hardy, well-suited to the climate\u2014wonderful! A statement piece that no large garden should be without! <\/p>\n
Be careful when buying: Unfortunately, there are various counterfeit varieties on the market, so be sure to buy only from reputable perennial nurseries!<\/p>\n
is a \u201cmust-have plant.\u201d I know of no other tall grass with such elegance and lightness. Yet it makes a design impact that can\u2019t be beat. (Semi-)evergreen, extremely long-lived, frost-hardy, well-suited to the climate\u2014wonderful! A statement piece that no large garden should be without! <\/p>\n
Be careful when buying: Unfortunately, there are various counterfeit varieties on the market, so be sure to buy only from reputable perennial nurseries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pampas grasses have\u2014perhaps rightly so\u2014a dubious reputation: old-fashioned, stuffy, non-native; in southern Europe (and soon here as well?), some species are classified as invasive. In the past, their winter hardiness was also considered insufficient.
\nBut: As with almost every spurned genus, there are exceptions! Cortaderia selloana \u2018Sunningdale Silver\u2019 is a \u201cmust-have plant.\u201d I know of no other tall grass with such elegance and lightness. Yet it makes a design impact that\u2019s second to none. (Semi-)evergreen, extremely long-lived, frost-hardy, well-suited to the climate\u2014wonderful! A statement piece that no large garden should be without!
\nBe careful when buying: Unfortunately, there are various counterfeit varieties on the market, so be sure to buy only from reputable perennial nurseries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plant-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peter-janke-gartenkonzepte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}