With homeowners tiring of monolithic green lawns, colorful, ornamental grasses like pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana ... preferably in raised beds or pots, or cut all plumes before they seed.

"Were your parents, like mine, proud of their pampas grass?" he posted in the CasualUK subreddit. It prompted one person to quip: "Don't forget to leave your keys in the bowl on your way in." ...

Once you’ve found a suitable location and are ready to plant your pampas grass, start digging a hole large enough to contain your plant’s root ball, but that is no deeper than the container ...

16.3 x 16.6 x 16.7 cm. (6.4 x 6.5 x 6.6 in.) ...