Re: Blue-eyed Grass
- Subject: Re: [SG] Blue-eyed Grass
- From: M* T* <m*@HORT.NET>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:59:30 -0400
I wasn't familiar with this Dianthus, either...quite a nifty color -
didn't realize they came in yellow.
Well, my take is that IF they bloom at the same time, the combo could
be very nice. My blue-eyed grass is done flowering about mid May,
but that may be climate dependent and both could bloom at the same
time for you.
Personally, if I wanted to hide the Dianthus stems, I'd put the
blue-eyed grass in front of it, not behind. Looked up the Dianthus
and MSU site said it gets 8' tall. Well, blue-eyed grass - at least
mine (which just showed up here; I never planted it) doesn't get that
tall - maybe 6" for a really happy clump. The flowering stems get a
bit taller, but also tend to flop over as they age.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Sharon and Robert Illingworth <illingwr@AIR.ON.CA>
> I wonder what the blue-eyed grass would look like behind the pale
yellow
> dianthus, Dianthus knappii. I haven't tried this, but I do have
both
> plants self seeding in one sunny, gravelly part of the garden. I
suppose
> they might take light shade, as long as they had good drainage,
but
> full sun would be better. The foliage of the "grass" would hide the
> somewhat gawky stems of the dianthus.
> Sharon, near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Zone 3/4
