PHOTOS: (DEBRA PRINZING) WILLIAM WRIGHT; (BOUQUET) PETE KRUMHARDT

SEPTEMBER GARDENER

outdoors

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DEBRA’S GARDEN

meadow in a vase

Most ornamental grasses look their best in

the late summer and early fall. I use the

downy plumes of fountain, feather, and

silver grasses to lend a soft texture to my

autumn bouquets. When combined with

other seasonal ingredients (asters, dahlias,

zinnias, fall foliage), the slender grasses

and their fluffy tufts are reminiscent of a

prairie. To create this dreamy look, insert

clusters of grass stems throughout the

arrangement. Or encircle the vase’s rim

with cut grasses so their tassels spill over

the edge of the bouquet like a soft collar.

For a gallery of my favorite grasses for

cutting, visit debraprinzing.com.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS SEPTEMBER

2010

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