"Did you know many grasses sold are not grasses at
all?"
Sedges have edges and rushes are
round,
But grasses have nodes from
their tips to the ground.
There are 'true grasses' from the Gramineae family and then there are
'grass-like' grasses from many other plant families such as the Cyperaceae and
Juncaceae families. Why get technical you may ask? Well, it helps us to
grow plants that are top quality and very happy!
True grasses mainly
originate from sunny climates with poor ground and won't appreciate good fertile
soil - ideal plants where other things won't grow.
In comparison the grass-like
sedges such as Carex generally originate from somewhat shadier, richer,
damp soils and will obviously reach potential in this environment.
Rushes such as Juncus
are native to moist or wet, fertile soil, whilst
woodrushes are mostly shade-loving woodlanders from fairly poor,
drier soil.
Sounds confusing but we love
learning about each one's native habitat and this helps them grow to their
potential. That's one reason you can be confident of receiving (or
sending to a friend) plants of excellent quality that we've enjoyed taking care
of.
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