{"id":1021,"date":"2022-04-12T11:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:19:08","slug":"planting-grasses-in-a-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/grasses-and-ferns\/planting-grasses-in-a-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting grasses in a pot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grasses are decorative perennials in winter.&nbsp;They bring a touch of fantasy to a terrace or a balcony at a time when nature is dormant.&nbsp;Hubert Fontaine shows you all the steps to choose them and install them in a basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choice of pot or basin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basin must be resistant to frost, the earth fiber is a light material which fulfills this condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to install grasses in a basin: step by step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The basin is drilled at the bottom to evacuate the irrigation water.<\/li><li>Place a felt over the drainage hole so that it never clogs.<\/li><li>Pour a bed of clay balls at the bottom of the pot to drain the basin well in case of heavy rains.&nbsp;Grasses&nbsp;prefer to have dry roots in winter.<\/li><li>Cover the drainage with felt to separate the substrate from the clay balls.<\/li><li>Fill the basin with universal potting soil.<\/li><li>Soak the pots to moisten the clods before planting.<\/li><li>Remove the grasses, taking care to scratch the bun intertwined with the roots.<\/li><li>The establishment of grasses depends on your tastes with all the same an elementary rule: the large ones at the bottom and the small ones around.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choice of varieties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Carex buchananii red rooster (Buchanan&#8217;s sedge) which sports a light, aerial foliage in the form of a copper-colored vase<\/li><li>Calamagrostis acutiflora &#8216;karl Foerter&#8217; has slender green foliage.&nbsp;This grass turns golden in winter.<\/li><li>Sedge evergold&nbsp;with very bright variegated foliage.&nbsp;These long, drooping leaves follow the contours of the basin.<\/li><li>Miscanthus sinensis&nbsp;&#8216;Kleine Silberspinne&#8217; (Eulalie, Chinese Reed).&nbsp;It is surmounted in autumn by small plumes which sometimes remain hung until spring in the basin.<\/li><li>Blue fescue&nbsp;is a steel gray ground cover grass.&nbsp;A spiky hair, it contrasts with other grasses &#8211; Angel hair or stipa.&nbsp;Its thin, very flexible leaves fly in the wind.&nbsp;This small, simmering grass is in perpetual motion in the Gautier Fescue basin, also known as bear hair fescue.&nbsp;Very dense, a little spiky, excellent ground cover finds its place at the edge of the basin.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The pozzolana highlights the basin of grasses.&nbsp;This lightweight volcanic rock protects plants and provides water retention capacity.<\/li><li>Water copiously the first time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And after<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Simply water after a long period of frost.<\/li><li>In spring, add a grass fertilizer or, failing that, a lawn or bamboo fertilizer.<\/li><li>The pruning of the grasses&nbsp;intervenes when they start to set out again on the stump and not before.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grasses are decorative perennials in winter.&nbsp;They bring a touch of fantasy to a terrace or a balcony at a time when nature is dormant.&nbsp;Hubert Fontaine shows you all the steps to choose them and install them in a basin. 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