Not all babies are cute.
They’re really not.
But if that child is your own, you love them to death and believe they are the most beautiful thing on the planet.
As the child gets older, he or she (mostly he) will go through a number of awkward phases where again, you’ll see them as handsome and attractive, but to everyone else, they will be “kinda funny looking.” Trust me, this is coming from the King of Awkwardness at age 13. Braces, legs too long for my frame, head to big and just plain old socially inept. Of course, I eventually got straightened out, the women fell at my feet and I became a dashing young man (if you believe that, you don’t know me very well).
My point for today – as I ogled all of the blooms on my peonies, irises, ninebarks, campanulas, etc, I also took notice of the true anchors of my landscape – the ornamental grasses. While the blooms are the cool, good looking kids, the OG’s of May 27th represent the pubescent boy. Little odd, but you can see the potential of what is to come.
So today, I honor the ornamental grasses and want to let them know they will always be wonderful to me no matter what stage they are in with their development. Your time to shine is not that far off, but I still dig you even today:
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| Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass) ‘El Dorado’ |
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| Panicum (Switch Grass) ‘Rotstrahlbusch’ |
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| Miscanthus (Maiden Grass) ‘Variegatus’ |
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| Miscanthus (Maiden Grass’) ‘Gracillimus’ |
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| Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass) ‘Karl Foerster’ |
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| Miscanthus (Maiden Grass) ‘Morning Light’ |
These are really nice–they will be great this fall. I’m impressed that you know the different type. I have several in my garden, but will need help identifying them.
Love it. I was thinking the same of ome late blooming hedges i have. Glad i read this before i gave up on them;)
A nice Memorial Day to you. I have my flag flying high and I do honor all men and women who have served in the past and those who are serving now. Lovely plants.
cute posting — love ornamental grasses and have lots. How large is your El Dorado? Mine is about 12- 18 inches. Hope it gets taller.
Love them all!
I love grass…the ornamental, in the garden kind! Yours looks just fine to me no matter what stage in its development it is! If it gets prettier that’s OK too!
All of a sudden, I fell in love with various types of grasses too. Yours are looking great!! They make me feel like going out and buying some more.
By the way, I love your blog. I’ve been visiting you for a while already.
Have a great Sunday.
Ah, I miss all the pretty green of home. We’ll get back to the real world in July.
Best,
Lois <– all tied up in Port Canaveral today
Great post (and thanks for making me add to my garden wishlist!).
I like the grasses, even in their weird stages. Every garden should have a little weirdness. :o) Thanks for throwing in that last bit about Memorial Day. My family has a huge military history. Most people just think of May 31 as a day off not as a name on a grave at Arlington.
Ha! Very cute. Love the ornamental grasses. They add such nice balance.
Staci
I love ornamental grasses and I’ve been planning on getting more in my garden – this has just confirmed it for me! It won’t be until next year because I’ve got too much else planned for the garden this summer, but I’m looking forward to some nice long planning time over winter! 🙂
I have seen some pretty homely looking babies!
Your ornamental grasses are quite lovely. I can imagine they’d beautfy many settings!
I really enjoyed reading the posts on your blog. I would like to invite you to come on over to my blog and check it out. God bless, Lloyd
I’m just wondering who named those grass and discovered them?
Ha…love ’em all! I’m seriously jealous of your Panicum clump…mine is just barely poking above ground at this point!