These ornamental grass potted plants are easier to grow and more beautiful than pothos and spider plants

If you are a novice gardener who manages to kill even pothos and spider plants, then you might as well try growing some perennial ornamental grasses, plants that need no frequent care and are especially drought-tolerant and poor-soil-tolerant.

Another benefit of ornamental grasses is that they grow especially fast, usually reaching maturity in two seasons, and they can grow from just a little grass seed sown in a flower pot. They can also serve as privacy plants and can be grown in flower pots.

The first kind, Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' is an especially bright and fresh ornamental grass, with zebra-like stripes on its leaves. Its flowers usually appear in autumn, and the flower color starts out pink, gradually turns red, and finally becomes silvery white. It is an extremely cold-tolerant ornamental grass, and also very shade-tolerant, able to survive at minus 30 degrees, and it is also very drought-tolerant and waterlogging-tolerant, with particularly strong adaptability to the environment, and it is completely unfussy about soil, suitable for growing under all kinds of environmental conditions.

The second kind, switchgrass

Switchgrass is an ornamental grass with excellent adaptability to the environment, able to grow in wet or dry places. Switchgrass has very charming flower spikes. It likes a warm and humid environment year-round and likes fairly ample light.

The third kind, fiber optic grass

Fiber optic grass is a plant that likes to grow in a warm and humid environment, growing best beside water or in similar spots, and it is shade-tolerant with very good results. It likes to maintain relatively high air humidity. Fiber optic grass is very suitable for growing as a potted plant, and with proper care it can also produce small flowers one after another, with its leaves drooping down like fiber optic strands.

The fourth kind, Japanese sedge 'Evergold'

Japanese sedge 'Evergold' has particularly strong adaptability to the environment. As long as it is kept in a warm and humid environment year-round, it can grow in shaded spots or in places with ample sunlight. However, when grown in soil, it needs loose, well-draining soil. It is fairly afraid of waterlogging, and too much water easily causes root rot. Its care requires no fertilizing at all. Japanese sedge 'Evergold' is very tolerant of poor soil and drought, and its cold tolerance is also excellent.

The fifth kind, blue fescue

Blue fescue is a common ornamental plant. It likes moderate light, and its cold tolerance and drought tolerance are both excellent. It is also completely unfussy about soil. It likes moderate light. When grown in a pot, be careful to avoid water accumulating in the potting soil. It is very afraid of too much water in its care and basically needs no watering. The best thing about it is its cold tolerance, able to survive at minus 35 degrees.

The sixth kind, pink muhly grass

This is a very romantic and charming ornamental grass. It relatively likes light, though its shade tolerance is also not bad. Its adaptability to the environment is excellent, and it can survive whether in waterlogging or drought, and it is also completely unfussy about soil.

In summer its leaves are emerald green, and by autumn and winter it can produce brilliant and charming flowers. Its flower spikes are cloud-and-mist shaped. When it blooms, the branches are covered with pink flower spikes drooping down like strands of hair, looking like red clouds and mist from afar, very romantic.

The seventh kind, dwarf lilyturf

If I did not say so, some friends would mistake the potted plant above for a spider plant. Actually it is dwarf lilyturf. Dwarf lilyturf is a very beautiful ornamental grass with very gentle and charming leaves. It grows very fast, and there are also some dwarf varieties. It is generally used as a landscaping plant, and some are suitable for growing as potted plants. It likes a warm and humid environment year-round, its cold tolerance is average, and the minimum care temperature is above 0 degrees. It likes sandy soil.

The eighth kind, lilyturf

Many people mistake lilyturf for a spider plant. It has a golden-edged variety, suitable as an ornamental grass for flower beds, and it can also be grown in pots. Besides its drooping, variegated leaves, it can also produce strings of white or purple flowers, very charming.

To care for lilyturf, maintain a ventilated and shaded environment and avoid scorching sun or drought. It very much likes a humid environment with relatively high air humidity, and frequent watering or heavy watering is no problem. Do not let it go thirsty.