2007-04-21 09:29:36 · 5 answers · asked by John & Sandy W 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
We have some that we mow down first mowing every spring and it always comes back beautiful that way we dont have all the dead stuff left from the previous year.
2007-04-21 09:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by JAN 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and you can take it quite a way down because the growing points in ornamental grass (the crowns) are at the soil line. Problem comes in when the grasses gets older, the center of each clumb dies out, so when you cut it back, it's dead in the middle. Ideally you should dig it up, divide and replant, LOL! Ornamental grasses can be a real bug to get out of the ground.
One thing you should not do is burn it. The heat damages the crowns...the grounding points.
2007-04-21 09:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will want to cut them down with last cutting of lawn before winter/snow flies. This way they have a fresh start for spring. Also they don't have the old dried out grass from the following year in the mist of the new grass growing. They look and grow much nicer.
2016-05-20 04:48:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depens on where you are geographically. If it has begun putting out new growth be careful. You do not want to damage the crowns - the growing points - by cutting them back. Otherwise - go for it.
If your plant is very old, you may prefer to divide it then cut it back. It is easier to handle with the old growth intact if you are going to divide and transplant. :)
2007-04-21 09:44:46 · answer #4 · answered by Belize Missionary 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but be careful not to cut the fresh green shoots,
2007-04-21 09:58:49 · answer #5 · answered by kanei 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋