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Ornamental grasses add texture and movement to a border like no other plant. They look great in containers too, and often reach their peak in autumn when many other plants are past their best. If you haven’t had the pleasure of their company to date, then now’s the time to get some sown. Here are our top 10 recommendations to get you started.

Agrostis nebulosa (Cloud grass)
Anemanthele lessoniana (Pheasant grass)
Briza maxima (Greater quaking grass)
Carex comans 'Bronze' (New Zealand hair sedge)
Festuca glauca (Blue fescue)
Hordeum jubatum (Foxtail barley)
Lagurus ovatus ‘Bunny Tails’
Pennisetum villosum (Feathertop)
Miscanthus sinensis
Stipa tenuissima (Mexican feather grass)

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If you were inspired by Monty’s Mothering Sunday pot and fancy having a go yourself, we’d recommend buying as big a container as you can afford. Not only will it look more impressive, it’ll be less prone to drying out when the weather turns warm. Rather than have a jumble of colours, we’d also stick with a simple palette. Less is more as they say and this was certainly the case with Monty’s living bouquet. Here’s a list of the four plants he used.

Euphorbia x martini (Martin’s spurge)
Erythronium 'Pagoda' (Dog's tooth violet)
Narcissus 'Hawera' (Daffodil)
Primula veris (Cowslip)

(www.rhs.org.uk)