Ornamental grasses

[Lori S.]

Did I hear a request for a thread just on grasses... ?    I'm sure I did!  

I'll kick this off with an alpine-ish one (although, as you can see, I am just growing it in the border), Festuca gautieri syn. scoparia 'Pic Carlit'.  This photo is old (2007), and the two plants are rather larger now.  It's a very prickly grass... that and the nicely-rounded shapes always put me in mind of two big hedgehogs crouching beside the path!

[Hoy]

You heard, right.
I didn't look twice at grasses before but in the last years have I planted some, not only lawn(!), in my garden.
I have had a hunch for big grasses, Bamboos, though.

The fescue pillows look nice to sit down on!