Make A Mature Clump of Grass In Less Than An Hour

Living in So. California, palm trees are quite ubiquitous.  I have several in my yard, and when the winds come, the fronds of the palms are strewn all over the place.  In the past I would cut them up and send them to the recycle bin but had the idea of trying to recylcle them myself and make something of them.  I have a side yard or border area that I have been landscaping, and thought a clump of grass would be very attractive to add drama and/or contrast to the area. So I decided to use the palm fronds in "making" a natural looking clump of grass. "Grass" should last  a season, or two, and there are plenty of replacement fronds growing.  Yes, a nice specimen of real grass can be added, and I plan on doing that, perhaps placing the new plant in the same area as this one.

Step 1 Collect Wind Blown Fronds

Gather palm fronds that have blown down, or been trimmed from trees.

Comments

[sandrak320]

And no pollen!

[Chromatica]

Sweet!!!

[fegundez1]

Looks like pampas, now add a few seed spikes from trimmed ones and you have perfect alternative!

[porcupinemamma]

My kiind of gardening!  Whoo Hoo! :0)

[Creativeman]

Thanks for the heads up! Cman

[Sew Crafty]

Well isn't this just dandy CMan and it looks good too. Great job!

[Creativeman]

Thanks for noticing SC! Cman

[lemonie]

It looks good, would you ever think of dying it green?

L

[Creativeman]

Thanks lemonie: I had thought of spraying it some color, but decided against it. the green would be interesting! Cman