​Here is a pruning method that is helping Ole Miss create beautiful ornamental grass. If you you have not pruned your ornamental grasses, there is still time.  At Ole Miss we trim our grasses from January up until the end of March.  There are some easy and not so easy ways to prune ornamental grass such as Pampas grass, Miscanthus grass and Muhly grasses. For all grasses I use power shears or hedge trimmers. For an easy and neat clean up, tie a piece of twine or rope tightly around bundle of brown leaf blades prior to pruning.  This will help in two ways. One, it allows you easy access to the plant to make your cuts, and two, once you made your cut you simply pick up the bundle of grass and place it in your wheel barrel and to the compost pile. I like to trim Pampas grass about 12 to 24” high,   Miscanthus grass 12-18” high, and  Muhly grass is recommended to be pruned at 6” high. Always planting to grow, Jeff P.S. Would you be interested in a free azalea pruning class in April on the Ole Miss campus?  If you are, let me know.  I want to see if there is enough interest to do this.