Delicate grasses and colorful perennials can harmonize perfectly with each other, it's all about the right combination. Some grasses are more suitable as solitary plants and should also be planted individually to show off well.
How do I design a bed with grasses and perennials?
For a harmonious bed with grasses and perennials, combine different leaf shapes and colors, adjust the growth height of the plants and pay attention to the same care needs. Japanese silverband grass, perennial begonia, hostas and hydrangeas thrive in the shade, while bluebells, sedum and silver eargrass grow well in full sun beds.
Which grasses and perennials harmonize with each other?
When choosing your grasses and perennials, you should pay particular attention to their height. Low grasses harmonize very well with perennials that also remain small. You can combine feather or blood grass with asters or sedum, for example. The fine blades of grass make the colored flowers shine particularly intensely. You can create special contrasts by placing individual tall perennials between low grasses.
If you have decided on straight-growing, strict-looking perennials, then choose fine, perhaps overhanging grasses. They loosen up the bed significantly. Combine different leaf shapes and colors, such as light grasses with dark-leaved perennials or vice versa, this will make your new bed more attractive. But make sure that all plants in the bed need approximately the same care (water and fertilizer).
A shady bed with grasses and perennials
You can plant Japanese silver ribbon grass in a shady garden, it feels comfortable there and brightens dark areas a little. This grass harmonizes perfectly with large-leaved perennials such as the perennial begonia. Hostas and hydrangeas also thrive in the shade.
A full sun bed with grasses and perennials
For full sun, for example, bluebells, brownbells, blood cranesbills and edelweiss, but also sedum and various types of carnations are suitable. Blue beach grass, white ostrich grass, magellan grass and silver ear grass also feel very comfortable in the sun. But don't put too many different species in one bed, they'll quickly appear restless.
The most important things in brief:
- combining different leaf shapes and colors together
- combine low perennials (not only) with low grasses
- Tall perennials should be planted in the background of the bed
- creating exciting contrasts
- don't use too many different plants, it seems restless
Tip
When choosing plants, focus primarily on your own taste, after all you want the garden to please you and not necessarily win a prize.
You can find out how you can combine your pampas grass here.
