Anyone know anything about Pompas Grass?? Is it a wise thing to plant as a filler? My Mother in law cleaned out a huge area of raspberry bushes and would like to plant that. Does anyone have any experience with it? The area gets morning sun and then shade for pretty much the rest of the day. The soil is clay.

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my aunt gave me a pompusgrass 3 years ago it was huge! i seperated it into 3 plants . but i didnt know you were to cut it down in spring.now i have 3 verrrry huge pompusgrasses that have hollow centers.so now i get to dig em all up,seperate em & plant em again!its a very hard job.but ive been wanting a forth one anyway!!!maybe even a fifth!!also when you cut em down, arange em in a vase.it looks realy nice! good luck with yours!

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my shovels now messed all up too! i dug way under the roots. then took a small claw & picked away the dirt til i got enough of the root to ripe off there is no way i can dig the hole thing up so im doing a little at a time!im also thinking the other two may have to wait till next year! i just keep telling myself the end results are well worth it!!

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terry ive tried watering mine down, i got a mud pie i use to dream about making when i was a kid!! my pampas grass is 4 foot by 4 foot round.the watering way has always worked best for me when dividing any of my plants, but this grass is being very stubrin. im about ready to pull it out with my truck! or get out the chainsaw!!!

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My husband hacked through ours with a hatchet to divide them some years ago. It took us both to lift out the pieces.

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gardener buddies I have been trying to grow pampas grass the white kind from seeds that other gardeners sent to me and none of them grew for me? What am I doing wrong here! I wanted the white kind of pampas grass and nothing!!!

Semi-dumb question .....

Is Pompas Grass safe to feed to rabbits, geese and ducks?

I like to have plants in the yard that can be "eaten" by both domestic and wild animals - and since I'm planning on putting the Pompas in - would like to know if it is edible.

Been trying to find out - do not see it listed anywhere as poisonous - but neither do I see it listed as something that can be fed. Asking at the nursery - no luck. In one case "oh yes, if it grows in the yard you can feed it to them." I replied - "can you feed lettuce to rabbits?" "Definitely, they'll love lettuce." Uh huh - - they'll love it until they die because of eating it. (Not said - but thought - I was a bit more gentle in my actual response - - but then I used to think feed lettuce and had done so until I started teaching rabbits for 4-H and had to research.)

Thanks

Jon

NO BEAUITY IN POMPASS GRASS? ???
did i read that right? or have i been staring at this screen to long ?
heres an idea for ya, since ya got so much, you could put some in starters pots , & trade em for seeds you do want,that way you can get ride of what you dont want & get what ya do want.

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You guys are so funny. I just got three different types of pompas grass and I am so excited about planting them. Do you think it is wise that I plant flock in between the pompas grass or do you think that would take away from their beauty? The flock is the tall kind with the really pretty flowers of fuscia, purple and white. I have striped flock that was given to me. I am also planting them next to my house. Is that a good idea considering how hard they are to move? Thank you for your help.