# Grasses

> Every article on grasses native to the Netherlands at tuinontwerp.app: position, planting, pruning, diseases, and the insects and birds each species supports.

Canonical: https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants/grassen
Last updated: 2026-09-28

Native ornamental grasses, sedges and rushes, from purple moor grass in the border to soft rush at the pond edge.

## [Ornamental grasses](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants/grassen/siergrassen)

Grasses planted for their shape and movement, for sun, shade and dune.

- [Grey hair-grass: planting and care on dry sand](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/grey-hair-grass) - Grey hair-grass (Corynephorus canescens) is a native grass 10 to 35 cm tall for dry, poor sand. How to recognise and plant it, and which caterpillars eat it. (2026-09-28)
- [Reed canary grass: where it grows, care and moths](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/reed-canary-grass) - Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea): a native bankside grass 0.5 to 2 m tall that flowers in June and July. Where it grows, planting, spread and moths. (2026-09-28)
- [Reed sweet grass: planting and care at the pond edge](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/reed-sweet-grass) - Reed sweet grass (Glyceria maxima) is a native grass 0.9 to 2 m tall for a wet pond edge. How to recognise it, plant it in a basket and keep it in check. (2026-09-28)

[All 5 articles on ornamental grasses](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants/grassen/siergrassen)

## [Sedges and rushes](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants/grassen/zeggen-russen-en-biezen)

The grass-likes for shade and wet ground, from pendulous sedge to soft rush and cotton grass.

- [Soft rush: identification, planting, care and price](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/soft-rush) - Soft rush (Juncus effusus) is a native rush 20 cm to 1 m tall for wet, acid soil. How to recognise it, where it grows, its price and the moth that feeds on it. (2026-09-28)

## See also

- [Plants](https://tuinontwerp.app/en/blog/category/plants)