Kim. You are very nice. And I enjoy your videos

I have planted various forms of miscanthus clumping Zebra 'Strictus' grass and Eulalie in Northeast Ohio, Zone 5/6 near Lake Erie, and in Vermont. I've found that the kind of mulch used is really important - stone mulch, pea gravel especially, works really well. It still cools the ground, lets rainwater drip down and even over time provides certain minerals. The look is different - more like a Japanese garden or a Western desert look - at the same time, stone smothers the roots less. One point: most people know that certain grasses do spread more and can take over a bed, so they look for the CLUMPING cultivar forms of the grasses, they are 2 - 4 feet around, no more, at maturity. And I learned by accident that many of these grasses can take several hours of shade - as long as they get a minimum of 6 hours of sun, they usually do well.

What is that short bluish/grayish grass between the two grasses that are horizontally banded? You walk righ past it and it touches your left leg?

That gal knows what she's doing @3:37

I planted two Rigoletto grasses in a clump form in a sunny area last fall. When planted last fall they had plumes which I just loved. However this year now in late September, I do not see any new plumes forming. I did not cut the old plumes off from last year and actually I still have the old plumes from last year on my grasses now. Why don’t I have any plumes forming.