The Gardenist Blog | by Michael McCoy

By Michael

Jan 17, 2014

In the background of the main pic in my last post there was a fuzzy mix of Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ and the annual Ammi majus, known here as Queen Anne’s lace. The grass

Poa lab. Are we missing something?

By Michael

Dec 12, 2013

A few years back I was checking out a stand of ornamental grasses at Chelsea Flower Show and was curious about the range of unfamiliar (and mostly evergreen) grasses on display.

Alright, so I was wrong!

By Michael

Feb 27, 2013

I heard back from Brian Minter at Minter Gardens, and the black stemmed grass I wrote about a couple of posts ago (check it out here), isn’t a Miscanthus at all. It’s a Penni

Poa lab. Are we missing something?

By Michael

Dec 12, 2013

A few years back I was checking out a stand of ornamental grasses at Chelsea Flower Show and was curious about the range of unfamiliar (and mostly evergreen) grasses on display. I liked them well en ...

Alright, so I was wrong!

By Michael

Feb 27, 2013

I heard back from Brian Minter at Minter Gardens, and the black stemmed grass I wrote about a couple of posts ago (check it out here), isn’t a Miscanthus at all. It’s a Pennisetum, and one named ...

One gutsy grass

By Michael

Feb 20, 2013

I’d clearly been lulled into a false sense of familiarity with the genus Miscanthus. I mean, after lifting and dividing hundreds of them, cutting back possibly millions of individual stems, search ...

Horse and bergia?

By Michael

Nov 16, 2012

The very first day of my gardening apprenticeship at Ripponlea, Melbourne, I was riding on top of a heap of rubbish on a trailer, and a work experience student was pointing out a few of the features o ...