How Far Back Do You Cut Ornamental Grasses?

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Ornamental grasses that die back in the winter should be cut down to 3 or 4 inches in early spring. Don't trim evergreen varieties; only remove dead stems.

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Denise Bertacchi is a freelance writer with a degree in journalism from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a St. Louis suburbanite who has written for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boys' Life, Wisconsin Trails, and Missouri Life.

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