Re: Carex , luzula sylvatica and others grasses

Hello Chantal,
    Thanks for sharing your interest in grasses. They have been very popular in
landscaping over here to at least the past 12 to 15 years and gaining as the
renewed interest in natives grows. I am the one who has been dragging my feet on
grasses. There are so many wonderful plants to grow and, well..... simply have not
been my focus until of late.
    I was not familiar with luzula sylvatica until you mentioned it here and I
took the time to look it up in Darke's book on grasses. See that there are several
cultivars. Nice form.
    Phaenosperma globosa I could not find in my book. Perhaps someone else will be
familiar with this one.
    I would like to second the opinion you have received about books on grasses.
Darke's book is the best out there IMHO. I gave it to my partner for Christmas,
but we are both using it. Me for the shade grasses and Carex, my partner for full
sun. She likes all the information given on which ones do best in our area, the
ones that seed about, which ones are runners. Ones that do not like mulch, etc.
    Looks as though this year I will be staying with the carex to play with. Once
those do well and I learn a bit, on to other shade lovers.
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: GUIRAUD Chantal <chantal.guiraud@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: Re : Carex , luzula sylvatica and others grasses


> Hi Gene ,
> Can I give you my own experience about grasses? In Europe, they are very
> fashionable by now. I suppose it's because we're looking for a more natural
> aspect in our borders
> I use carex morrowii and hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' (I do love that one,
> plus it's avery good pot plant) since a long time in my garden.
> Do you know luzula sylvatica? It's a very good ground cover in dry shade.
> There is a form with white margins and I saw a carpet of them under a prunus
> serrula in a garden, it was splendid!
> I have too millium effusum 'Aureum' in dry shade, self-seeding, but this one
> is annual.
> A friend of mine gave me a bit of phaenosperma globosa which is a bold
> grasse,2' green leaves and 4' flower stems, I tried it in dry light shade
> and it's sounds to like it. I would like to have more info about this one.
> Does anybody know a good book about grasses. I would like one concerning
> worldwide grasses and not only Europe ones.
> Chantal Guiraud
> Ermenonville, France


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