A REPORTER from the South West emailed recently to ask whether pampas grasses were back in fashion. The lady told me that big dried plumes are selling at £10 at time online and that seedheads are being stolen from front gardens. If this is the case, my pots of Cortaderia ‘Silver Feather’ will need to be insured!
Now all manner of grasses are currently popular, it should not be a surprise pampas has moved up the charts, and more so with compact-growing cultivars such as Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’ more readily available. The best time to increase numbers is March/April, when they start to grow again in spring.
This story is from the January 30, 2021 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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