I get about 5 hours of direct morning sun in the dry shade spot I want to plant my fountain grass. Its near a huge mature oak tree that sucks the water out or a lot of my back yard, but still manages to let boxwoods grow about 7 feet from its truck. I plan on planting my fountain grass about 10 feet away from the same trunk. Also, will the grasses multiply every year? So should I not bunch them too closely when I plant?
2006-08-25 06:43:35 · 4 answers · asked by Madison515 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
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Take soil samples from the area and send them to a soils lab for testing. The lab will provide you a chemical analysis of your soil and if you call them after receiving the results they will recommend an exact chemical amendment program for you. The cost is about $75 for the test. At the time of planting, dig the plant pit 3x the diameter of the rootball and equal to the depth of the container and backfill with the soil and amendment program determined in the phone call. Give it water and you will have a nearly bulletproof installation. Pennisetum do not like wet soil, so add a layer of rock in the bottom of the pit. Do not pack the soil in tight, but giving it a few steps with a foot is okay. May not be worth it for a couple plants, but keep it in mind for a future large scale project you may have in the future.
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Dig the plant pit 3x the rootball diameter and equal to the depth of the container and backfill with a mix of native soil and bagged planting soil from a hardware store (regular planting soil, not acid loving or some other specialty mix type). Mix at about 60% native to 40% bagged soil. Add a layer of rock along the bottom of the pit to keep the rootball from sitting in wet soil. Add fertilizer to the soil mixture before backfilling the pit, a couple handfulls at MOST (more is not better) and mixed it homogenously in the soil mix. Use something that has numbers no higher than 16-16-16 (check the fert container) and not under 5-5-5. For the vast majority of fertilizers they are the same quality, so get something that is not expensive. Don't let the soil dry out. Take care of the plant in the first year of growth, once the roots are established it is a tough plant, but will not do as good as possible if you just check in from time to time during the first year.
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Dig the hole 3x the rootball diameter, backfill the pit with the native soil without PACKING it in, drink a beer, enjoy the day, take a hit, pour a glass of wine and enjoy your hard work (trust me digging a 3x plant pit is not easy). Don't let the roots sit in wet soil, damp is fine.
In any case, visible growth is slow in the first year, but next year you see the benefits, as will the neighbs.
Don't give up on digging the 3x sized hole, even if you get tired or hit roots from the big tree!
2006-08-25 16:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by PAUL B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are both perennial and annual forms of Pennisetum. Here in growing zone 5B, we'd love to be able to grow Purple Fountains from year to year, but they just won't winter. Depending on where you are, some Pennisetums might do very nicely for you from plants put in this year.
They won't mind being near your tree. If you get them outside the drip line, the tree won't stress them much. If they're inside the drip line, you'll have to baby them quite a bit for a year or two to get them established. Plenty of water, a shot of root stimulator at planting and once or twice more this fall, and consider mulching for this first winter and you should have results.
As to plant spacing, your variety tags will give you that info. Some dwarfed varieties can be just 3 feet apart. Others will need much more space. Fountains will grow bigger around every year, but again, the variety is all-important when planning and planting with them.
2006-08-25 17:01:05 · answer #2 · answered by bellgoebel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Below is a little info on fountain grass. Evidently...it likes a moist sunny location. It will probably do ok in the area you're planning on planting it but would perform better if it was in a sunny moist area. They do multiply every year...I wouldn't put them too close together. Not only because they'll multiply, but to give each plant a chance to aquire as much moisture and nutrients as it needs. Planting too close together will deplete their source of food and water faster.
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