# Native grasses as matrix plants (plants that visually and horticulturally knit a garden together). They have won me over ☺️. I love the look all seasons

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**Author:** ![nielsen.wynn](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/nielsen.wynn/32/1021_2.png) [@nielsen.wynn](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/nielsen.wynn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/native-grasses-as-matrix-plants-plants-that-visually-and-horticulturally-knit-a-garden-together-they-have-won-me-over-i-love-the-look-all-seasons/1957/1 "2025-10-21T11:21:39Z")

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**Author:** ![lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/lorna.doucette/32/32_2.png) [@lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/lorna.doucette)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/native-grasses-as-matrix-plants-plants-that-visually-and-horticulturally-knit-a-garden-together-they-have-won-me-over-i-love-the-look-all-seasons/1957/2 "2025-10-21T19:21:05Z")

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Absolutely beautiful! Curious as to where you found your grasses … and are there any you can name that you would particularly recommend?

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**Author:** ![nielsen.wynn](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/nielsen.wynn/32/1021_2.png) [@nielsen.wynn](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/nielsen.wynn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/native-grasses-as-matrix-plants-plants-that-visually-and-horticulturally-knit-a-garden-together-they-have-won-me-over-i-love-the-look-all-seasons/1957/3 "2025-10-21T23:03:44Z")

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Lorna, i am just using the grasses that were here when the whole place was just ‘weeds’ and bare land. There are likely at least 4-5 different species here, including good ol couch grass, and i have been gradually editing to keep the ones i like the best for form, inflorescences and seasonal colour. The edited ones go on the soil/compost pile for next year. I would be thrilled if someone could visit and identify the native grass species so i could call them something other than weeds, lo.

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**Author:** ![lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/lorna.doucette/32/32_2.png) [@lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/lorna.doucette)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/native-grasses-as-matrix-plants-plants-that-visually-and-horticulturally-knit-a-garden-together-they-have-won-me-over-i-love-the-look-all-seasons/1957/4 "2025-10-22T20:21:52Z")

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I’d love to learn more about grasses…I don’t know much so I could definitely not help with identification! From what I’ve read on garden tags, most of them seem to require quite a bit of water to survive. I’d like to find a drought tolerant one. Thx for sharing the photos…beautiful!