Comments on: Pruning Miscanthus Grass: How to Cut Back Big Ornamental Grasses

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:12:36 +0000

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By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:58:01 +0000

Aww, Monica, I’d use a power hedger too, but I eat through those suckers so fast with my hand shears, it’s no big deal to do it with my Fiskars…

Tom – same here!! I use the same tactic of Sword Ferns that are of mature size – but they are looking rather pretty right now…

Dirty Girl (I love your name), I am so with you. SO straggly and unkempt-looking when left too long… Ick!

Germi – all’s I gotta say is I am glad I’m not your Barbie, girl. My long locks would be gone in the blink of an eye!!

By: Germi

Germi — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:43:44 +0000

There’s something so straightforward about whacking back an ornamental grass – I love it!
Like giving a Barbie doll a haircut. Well, Almost.

XOIvette!
.-= Germi´s last blog ..An Aloe Climax – The Huntington in Bloom =-.

By: Dirty Girl Gardening

Dirty Girl Gardening — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:46:12 +0000

I can’t stand it when people wait too long to prune miscanthus… or salvias! When I see it over grown, driving through neighborhoods, I just want to jump out of my truck and run over to cut them down. I figured that wouldn’t look to sane though.

By: tom | tall clover farm

tom | tall clover farm — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:25:57 +0000

Nice post. This is the time of year I usually take the Felcos to any ratty looking Sword ferns, that is before their fiddleheads begin to appear and unfurl. It's been such a mild winter, that they are perfectly healthy and green and don't require pruning. Check that off my list! .-= tom | tall clover farm´s last blog ..In the Mail a Memory Is Sent =-.

By: Monica the Garden Faerie

Monica the Garden Faerie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:08:53 +0000

I use the tying technique on almost all tall unwieldy grasses I trim. Works a treat! However, I tend to use my electric pruning shears, instead of manual ones, though appreciate the tactic of using manual tools.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:46:06 +0000

ICK! I just removed three of those from a garden the other day – so invasive! Honestly the leaf blades are terrible but I did not feel a thing when pruning – I used my mud glove-style gloves that are dipped in rubber and wore a hoodie and didn’t get “bit” by them at all. I did bruise my hands hacking the damn things out though.

If you’re just trimming it should go pretty smoothly… My Fiskars Powergear Shears that I love cut through the blades and stems like it was nothing.

By: Matti

Matti — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:28:46 +0000

That is brilliant. We have a tall pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana, in the garden that I am getting ready to trim. I think I have been avoiding it because of the saw like margins on the leave blades. This tip will come in handy. Thank! Matti .-= Matti´s last blog ..Avenue of the Giants =-.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:11:25 +0000

Hi Claire! They are on Amazon UK! They really are invaluable this time of year. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiskars-Powergear-Hedge-Shear/dp/B002SHR3OO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1264612125&sr=8-6

By: Claire, Plantpassion

Claire, Plantpassion — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:02:14 +0000

lovely simple description, thank you, – I need to find some of those powergear shears here.