Mexican feather grass landscaping design

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Create stunning, easy care and long-lasting border combinations like this one. Inspired from prairie planting, this modern and natural planting combines the rich, cool purple flower spikes of ornamental Sage (Salvia) with the billowing blooms of Mexican Feather Grass (Stipa tenuissima), providing an attractive contrast and airiness to this border.

Wispy ornamental grasses are versatile plants that can provide four seasons of interest in any landscape.

Elizabeth Waddington shares guidelines for growing Stipa tenuissima or 'Mexican Feather Grass' successfully in your garden.

A cool-season native grass. Mexican Feather Grass is the most fine-textured grass we grow. Wispy lime-green foliage sways in the slightest breeze.

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An extremely delicate looking grass that provides gentle movement and sound in even the most delicate of breezes; a textural feast in the hands of a creative garden designer

Check out all the details of my 70's style house front yard & exterior makeover reveal: before and after. You will be amazed!

Mexican feather grass looks like a hazy smudge of golden color in the distance, and who wouldn't want that as a backdrop in the garden? For landscaping ideas, here are a dozen of our favorite gardens with feather grasses: