Karl Foerster Grasses - Movement, Texture and Vertical Interest In The Garden - Peak Season - July 2026
I've written about my list of 'favorite plants'. I started as a shade gardener on our current property which meant foliage gardening. I've evolved in my tastes over the years and have come to appreciate a list of plants that work in our garden. My list (right now) looks something like this: Ferns (Autumn, Ghost, Japanese Painted, Godzilla, etc), Flowering Perennials (Nepeta Cat's Pajamas and Chartreuse on the Loose), Foliage Perennials ( Alchemilla Lady's Mantle , Shredded Umbrella Plant), Groundcover (Ajuga and Carex) and Grasses (Hakonechloa, Seslaria Autumnalis, Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grasses). That last one - Karl Foerster Grasses - were some of my very first grasses planted here in Downers. And, over the years, I've divided them and spread them around. They put on a really lovely show and are in particularly fine form in mid/late June. I've written about "peak form" on Karl Foerster Grasses in June 2022 her...