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The Anxious Gardener 
I like! In fact I have stopped pretending I can live without miscanthus in the garden. I now have two in the back and about to buy three for the front…
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Live without miscanthus? What were you thinking, Janet? It is a life long addiction, I think. Dave
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This is what you don’t always get, of course, browsing images and articles…not only the sense of movement, but the sense of being there. Thanks Dave.
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Good to hear from you Faisal. You’ve been very quiet recently – hope all is well with you. Dave
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Ha! Great effect and really captures the spirit of the season.
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Hi Frank, thanks. It was fun trying to capture the moment from about 100 photos! D
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Wind and grasses–as mesmerizing as watching a campfire or a waterfall.
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It’s been a while since I watched a campfire, Stacy. Far too long actually – where’s me matches? You missed out clouds (obvs) and breaking waves and vast herds of wildebeest and huge flocks of birds and …. sorry, boring myself now. D
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Fabulous! There are so few perennials that look better in the wind, rain and snow … I’m a bit biased, of course.
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It is a grand plant, Kate. I dug up large clumps of it from this planting in the spring to use elsewhere and I’m really pleased that now no-one would ever know (except I’ve just told them). D
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Do you find it almost evergreen, I’ve heard it has a tendency to run eps in dry soils? Looks stunning, can see why you’d want more of it.
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By about January it is so shredded by the wind that I have to cut it right back – otherwise the car-park, where this sits, is smothered by bits and looks awful. Also the bed is against an arable field so cutting back gives me the opportunity to get right in there and join close-quarter combat with nettle, buttercup and couch grass. It does run a little but not overly so, I find. Each plant has certainly got far bigger over the last four years or so – enough for me to nick about half of each. But in other borders, I can’t say (yet) that it is invasive. We’ll see, eh? I’m on wet clay but this particular bed is free draining. Dave
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Just beautiful Dave. Glad you posted this in full motion. Sure is windy where you are.
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It was windy that day, Meta but it only needs a slight breeze to set them in motion. D
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Very apt too for the time of the year 🙂
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Yep, they’ll soon be shredded by the wind rather than just tossing back and forth so beautifully. D
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Looks like Miscanthus Mexican wave 😉
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Indeed Clare – only an infinite one.
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Love the sound the miscanthus make in the wind. They are also so beautiful when they catch the sun or covered with drops of rain as ours were yesterday. What a classy looking blog, Dave.
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Hi Janet, it is a smashing plant and like how the flowers slowly mature before finally producing those lovely feathery heads. And you’re right about the noise – which was why I initially paused to admire them (& then fetch my camera). I wonder whether you can add a sound recording to a gif? If so, it is beyond my ken. Dave
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