Help with plants!!!

[27goldfish]

I'm needing help. I am looking for plants to go around the waterfall.

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t181/blackabbydog/?action=view&current=Picture015.jpg

I was thinking of this, which I can get from my mother in law. I have no idea what kind it is.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1150789995038785613JzJrGf

She doesn't know either. Any ideas? I do know, that it grows to like 6 ft tall.

 

[Julius Leonid Maestral]

I have a similar plant like that and it is great for ponds. However, I myself do not know its name.

 

[27goldfish]

I found a better picture with a name. Phalaris arundiacea. Freesey strawberry and cream.

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Phalaris+A...u=http://www.bluestem.ca/phalaris-feeseys.htm

I did a transplant on some of this, I'm hoping it takes off. I can get a bunch of it, but my soil is crap. I literally dig down one inch and hit clay.

 

[koiguy1969]

parrots feather works real nice. bare rooted

 

[DrDave]

Why not go with Papyrus and Bamboo? You will learn to hate that ribbon grass when it gets larger and you have to deal with it.
My water fall is covered in wirey vine (Meuhlenbeckia Complexa) and surrounded by the Papyrus and Bamboo, it looks great and more importantly, natural.

 

[27goldfish]

my concern with those is that if i dig down 2 inches, i hit red clay.

 

[koiguy1969]

your climate is real similar to mine being in Indiana, ornamental grasses dont cause much of a problem if any...we just dont have the growing season.

 

[w00005414]

The ornamental grasses look great, the only problem with them is you are supposed to cut them down somewhat close to the ground during late fall, early winter so you can't enjoy them until they come back in late spring (and some of them don't get to their full height until late summer early fall).

I think in and around the rocks of your water fall some creeping sedum would look nice. They love being around the rocks and they don't require a lot of water and they spread nicely. I wish I new the type I have, it has spread really nicely and it keeps its yellow/green/(sometimes orange) look during different seasons.

I also like different Japanese grasses in the Hakonechloa family. They too need to be cut down yearly and they take a good 3 - 4 years to get big but they look really unique.