Lifting the gloom with these ornamental grasses

Ornamental grasses can bring great winter colour and interest to the garden, writes Peter Dowdall.

What plants do you think of when you go to spruce up the pots, containers and borders for Christmas and winter interest? Is it the traditional holly and ivy for foliage and then the cyclamen and winter pansies for flower colour and perhaps some skimmia and Pernettya for winter berries? Nothing wrong with any of those choices and they will all provide seasonal colour and interest.