What cereal herbs to plant on the site

When we talk about plants in the garden, we rarely talk about cereals. But they deserve the most prominent place in the landscape composition and in beauty can surpass any other inhabitants of the garden.

Recently, all advanced gardeners decorate their plots in a natural style, using beautiful cerealPlanted in a natural disorder. Favorites in the creation of such a “wild” garden were tall cereals.









Decorative grass is not capricious, absolutely any soil is suitable for its cultivation. Even a beginner gardener can cope with the process. Editorial "Site" I have chosen for you 10 of the most amazing types of decorative herbs that turn any site into a paradise.

Plants in the garden

1. Oatmeal gray It's a low-growth herb. Its narrow, graceful leaves form low (about 30 cm high) lush buds of sizo-blue color. They look like cute hedgehogs, hiding black noses in the soil of the flower garden.
   
   
   
   
2. Mannik is big - spectacular perennial cereal up to 1 m high with flat green leaves. Longitudinal cream strips on the leaves give an exquisite and elegant appearance to the plant. It easily tolerates both an abundance of moisture and a prolonged drought.
   
   
   
   
3. Barley maned - majestic and playful perennial, refers to medium-sized cereals. It forms a lot of openwork spikelets, which gracefully fluctuate from the slight breath of the breeze. With proper care, the plant does not freeze. Its inflorescences are used in creating dry bouquets.
   
   
   
   
4. Haretail It deserves its name: its small fluffy inflorescences are very similar to haretails. This unusual cereal is very loved by gardeners for its elegance and the ability to give a beautiful accent to dry compositions.
   
   
   
   
5. The most beautiful cow The landings look particularly impressive. During flowering, it amazes with its iridescent silky strands. If there is a flowering plant nearby, it seems that it is enveloped in a cloud of smoke. The most beautiful mattress does not lose its charm until late autumn.
   
   
   
   
6. Twisted It retains a decorative appearance throughout the year. The most delicate flowers in combination with foliage, sparkling red or yellow, make the millet rod-shaped simply irresistible! Most varieties in summer have a pleasant green or blue-green color of the leaves, and some are painted red-brown.
   
   
   
   
7. Cylindrical emperor It will not leave indifferent even the most experienced gardeners! Its bright red cylindrical leaves are solemnly pointed into the sky. The specific shape of the leaves with a rich red tint in combination with clear lines fully justifies its popular name “red lightning”. Loved by many gardeners and landscape designers for a chic motley appearance and unpretentiousness.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. penniset Very picturesque both in single landings and in small groups. It looks great with various low plants that do not cover its elegant foliage. Many species and varieties of pennisetum are large, so they can be planted in the background in the open sun. Cut at the beginning of flowering stems are an excellent material for dry bouquets.
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. cortaderia, or pampas grass, is a very elegant graceful plant of the cereal family. It blooms from August to the coldest, releasing silvery, pink and golden-yellow inflorescences. Near the high thickets of the cortaderia create recreation areas: place sunbeds and garden benches. Winter pampas It will perfectly decorate the apartment if its snowstorms are dried and put in a vase.
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. miscantus It is the most popular in gardening giant decorative cereal. Miskantus is unsurpassed in beauty, variety of forms and varieties, adaptation to cultivation conditions and application in garden design. This herb is good throughout summer, autumn and even early winter. It forms lush bushes up to 2.5 m high. Long foliage, bent with graceful arcs, gives the effect of a fountain. Playful gold, golden pink or silver blizzard inflorescences are used to make winter bouquets.
    
    
    
    
    
    

Tall plants In the design of the courtyard successfully perform a masking function. At each site there are places to which, as they say, hands do not reach. Sowing them with decorative grass, you will easily and especially expensive give an unsightly corner of the garden a neat, well-groomed look.





With these simple flower garden ideas, you will create your dream garden! What kind of decorative cereals impressed you the most?

We hope that this article inspired you to create a landscape composition using decorative cereals in the garden. We assure you you won't regret it! Your land will become even more beautiful, airy and expressive.