Over the years I've liked the look of the cool blue fescue grasses with the bright red containers, and I used them in different spots. That's the benefit of containers in the garden, they are easy to move about.
I liked them best arranged in a slight curve in the dining room window garden one year. They added height and form and a different color to some blank spots behind the red flowered Texas betony.
I also liked them in a straight line right behind the green trough of geraniums at the front door.
The trough hid the containers, but enough red peeked out to complement the sturdy red geraniums, and the grassy look was a nice backing and contrast.
It's been several years and they've gotten big and constrained. Only one loomed last summer and they all looked too floppy.
But it would be nice to continue using the red pots in a threesome behind the trough. They are a bright punch of color and a nice size to group together.
I'll rejuvenate them by shearing them down before spring. I haven't done that before, I just raked out the dead fronds to clean them up, and I added some compost and potting soil to the pots last year.
I'll have to see if they grow back sturdier and neater and if they send up bloom stalks. If not, I can still experiment with taking these grasses out and trying them in the garden.
Or I can discard them if they don't do well this year and buy new.
