Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Cut flower garden Pinching your asters back by

Pinching your asters back by taking out the growing tips in spring will also help to keep your plants nice and compact

Some people advise recutting your iris at an angle once they are inside

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Flowers in late summer and into autumn

Also known as "Bugle"

Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Cut flower garden Pinching your asters back byA striking grass that has stunning appeal in the garden. It is a winter dormant plant but come spring it pops up with bright green blades of grass like foliage that turn cranberry red in summer and progresses to a dark burgundy colour by autumn before going dormant again in winter. Blood Grass as it is also known will easily and reasonably quickly form a dense clump of around 40cm in height and by about the same in width and spreads by underground