{festival grass}

it began unintentionally but the area in our front yard has kind of become the "purple zone". in this photo you can see that the phlox looked very pretty in april. a little later (probably early may), the purple dianthus were blooming nicely as well. this area is also where the purple irises are.

we always plant some type of purple decorative grass. this year matt purchased "festival grass", which looks similar to what we had last year, so it might be the same thing.

"Festival Grass is a compact, clump-forming Cordyline, with shiny ruby/burgundy strappy foliage that cascades into a round ball shape. It has large sprays of fragrant small, showy, star-shaped blush pink flowers in late spring and summer. Festival Grass is ideal planted either singly in pots or as a stunning color highlight with other plants in gardens and landscapes."

details: low water use, compact 3'x3', container or garden, easy to grow, full sun to part shade, grows well in most soil types, needs to be protected from severe frosts.

Details:

• full sun to part shade
• compact 3'x3'
• grows well in most soil types
• use slow release fertilizer in spring
• protect from severe frosts
• low water usage
• container or garden
• easy to grow

{decorative grass}

For the past several years, we've planted Purple Fountain Grass. However, this year Matt changed it up a bit. He stuck with purple, but chose a different type of decorative plant. Unfortunately, we don't know the name or have any information on it.

Purchased at: Wilson's
Planted: May 26, 2008 - front yard
Photo Taken: June 6, 2008
Planting Notes: Planted in existing hole from last year's fountain grass.

9.17.08 - This has done really well. It's gotten pretty large, particularly in the late summer. This could be due to having more rain. It'll be interesting to see if it's a perrenial since we don't know much about it.