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Chasmanthium latifolium For Nancy J. Ondra, who knows what’s in a name, and seldom gets one wrong! View high resolution

Chasmanthium latifolium

For Nancy J. Ondra, who knows what’s in a name, and seldom gets one wrong!

Polypogon monspeliensis

You’re safe, loved, watered, and growing beautifully in a pot outside Luciano’s house, and you’ll come with me, wherever I end up going…

Lagurus ovatus? Polypogon monspeliensis? Rabbit’s foot grass? Whatever your name is, you are the softest grass I have ever touched. You don’t look exactly like the other images I’ve seen of Lagurus ovatus, but I don’t know what else you might be. Polypogon monspeliensis? I think I got these seeds in the Botanical Garden of Palermo. Oh, great January escape! View high resolution

Lagurus ovatus? Polypogon monspeliensis? Rabbit’s foot grass?

Whatever your name is, you are the softest grass I have ever touched. You don’t look exactly like the other images I’ve seen of Lagurus ovatus, but I don’t know what else you might be. Polypogon monspeliensis? I think I got these seeds in the Botanical Garden of Palermo. Oh, great January escape!

Some grass grown from seeds I gathered in the botanical gardens of Madrid in 2010 and sowed in the spring of 2011… I think it’s Ravenna grass (Erianthus ravennae), but I can’t remember now… Definitely not super-fast growing its first year, anyway! View high resolution

Some grass grown from seeds I gathered in the botanical gardens of Madrid in 2010 and sowed in the spring of 2011… I think it’s Ravenna grass (Erianthus ravennae), but I can’t remember now… Definitely not super-fast growing its first year, anyway!

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’; Zebra Grass, Zebra Maiden Grass

I just bought this little Japanese beauty today - from Benedetta, a former student of mine - good God, she’s all grown up! 

Chasmanthium latifolium, syn. Uniola latifolia - Spangle grass, River Oats There are several common names and two scienific names for this grass. The “Uniola” term seems to be old. View high resolution

Chasmanthium latifolium, syn. Uniola latifolia - Spangle grass, River Oats

There are several common names and two scienific names for this grass. The “Uniola” term seems to be old.

Chasmanthium latifolium - Woodoats, Riveroats, Inland Sea oats This grass is native to the southeastern United States, but is growing in the Galeazza Garden thanks to seeds that were a gift from a Japanese friend, plantsman and nursery owner Hirotsugu Mori of Kameoka City, Kyoto. View high resolution

Chasmanthium latifolium - Woodoats, Riveroats, Inland Sea oats

This grass is native to the southeastern United States, but is growing in the Galeazza Garden thanks to seeds that were a gift from a Japanese friend, plantsman and nursery owner Hirotsugu Mori of Kameoka City, Kyoto.

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberfeder’ (Japanese Silver Grass) for Nancy J. Ondra The sun is setting earlier every evening, but around six o’clock the light is so soft and warm… God, how beautiful these first days of October can be! Nan: Might this be M. sinensis ‘Goldfeder’ and they just sold it to me with the wrong name? It sure does look more gold than silver! View high resolution

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silberfeder’ (Japanese Silver Grass) for Nancy J. Ondra

The sun is setting earlier every evening, but around six o’clock the light is so soft and warm… God, how beautiful these first days of October can be!

Nan: Might this be M. sinensis ‘Goldfeder’ and they just sold it to me with the wrong name? It sure does look more gold than silver!

Stipa Tenuissima, Mexican Feather Grass These plants are all Galeazza volunteers - they were all self-sown from fallen seed, but found growing in the lawn outside the flowerbed, so I’ve moved them out of the mower’s way, into pots until they grow a bit and I can decide where they might look best. View high resolution

Stipa Tenuissima, Mexican Feather Grass

These plants are all Galeazza volunteers - they were all self-sown from fallen seed, but found growing in the lawn outside the flowerbed, so I’ve moved them out of the mower’s way, into pots until they grow a bit and I can decide where they might look best.

Awwww. The softest grass heads of any. They feel like little rabbit tails… name soon. All I have to go on is I think they’re annuals. I hope to sow them next spring if I don’t lose them between now and then. Oh, How much do I love Google? It takes one minute or less to learn the name of a plant. These are seedheads of the Mediterranean grass Lagurus ovatus, commonly called hare’s-tail grass.  I just can’t remember where I got them - maybe Palermo? Or maybe I pinched them from a plant place near Mirandola…  at any rate, first they caught my eye, then my fingers, and then I just had to pull them off the plants, which were finished for that season. I see they’re often considered a weed in this part of the world - what a lovely weed to introduce to the Galeazza Garden! View high resolution

Awwww. The softest grass heads of any. They feel like little rabbit tails… name soon. All I have to go on is I think they’re annuals. I hope to sow them next spring if I don’t lose them between now and then.

Oh, How much do I love Google? It takes one minute or less to learn the name of a plant. These are seedheads of the Mediterranean grass Lagurus ovatus, commonly called hare’s-tail grass.  I just can’t remember where I got them - maybe Palermo? Or maybe I pinched them from a plant place near Mirandola…  at any rate, first they caught my eye, then my fingers, and then I just had to pull them off the plants, which were finished for that season. I see they’re often considered a weed in this part of the world - what a lovely weed to introduce to the Galeazza Garden!

Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Morning Dew’ Steph! It’s doing it! I can’t wait to see it fully grown, bowing down and reflecting in the water. Thank you so much. View high resolution

Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Morning Dew’

Steph! It’s doing it! I can’t wait to see it fully grown, bowing down and reflecting in the water. Thank you so much.