P ampas grass is a wonderful ornamental grass with lush panicles that offer a restful break from the green of a typical yard.

Both sedges and grasses have highly reduced flowers, and hard, one-seeded fruits. In grasses, the fruit is what we call a grain, which most people already know.

Lucas calls ornamental grasses “the ultimate mood-setters.” From a design perspective, ornamental grasses are multidimensional shape-shifters that clump or run or seed about.