Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yarden maintenance schedule for March, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
Ruby, I have some variegated grass, not sure what variety it is but it spreads by runners and doesn't have that nice round habit that some grasses have. I quite often burn it off in late March. It is a good way to clean up the old grass. I usually use the weed eater to knock it down and run a rake lightly over it to get most of the taller grass off then burn it. It really grows back in nicely all the old dead grass gone and nice new growth comes in a a week or so. As you can see there are quite a few Iris that grow in with the grass but the fire flares and goes out so quickly that it doesn't hurt the iris. Some time the new growth look a little singed but that clears up in a week or so and they grow beautify. Burning your garden isn't something that works for everyone or everyplace but I do it to this patch every year.