Today I passed by a garden I created 3 of 4 years ago. I stopped to see how it faired this very rainy winter for us. That's not a Halloween prop but a clump of miscanthus boldly plant next to the generously wide steps to the front door of this Arts and Crafts inspired building and garden. Numerous gardens we saw in England inspired this planting. Great Dixter keeps coming to mind. I do stake it and bind the grass clump into a column tied off with twine.
Planted tightly with perennials and grass-like plants grounded with five balls of clipped pittosporum. The front door is framed with sentinel thujas in large terra cotta containers. And three clumps of choisya ternata including a pair of mock oranges in terra containers flanking the front door.
