maybe i’ve been living under a rock, because all of a sudden pampas grass is everywhere and the only place i’d ever noticed it before was on the side of southern california freeway onramps. i posted about this beautiful installation (in which i was humiliated to find out they were not boa feathers, as I had originally thought, but indeed pampas grass, which was kindly pointed out by a couple of readers) and since then i’m seeing it everywhere. you know how that happens — you hear of something for the first time and then you start noticing it everywhere you go. anyway, it certainly is popular these days — for wedding and event decorations (pampas chandelier, anyone?) and as an update on the tried and true dried flower around the house. it’s definitely pretty — so feminine and flowy, and some of these unique uses of it are really beautiful.
• photography credits in order of appearance: vogue france; rose dawn creative; home life; wedding sparrow; signature maui; @wolf_circus; could i have that.
love the stuff but keep in mind: http://www.southernliving.com/garden/grumpy-gardener/pampas-grass-is-for-swingers
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/may/31/pampas-grass-secret-symbol-swingers-turn-off-sales-plummeting?CMP=fb_gu
pampas grass is for “swingers” LOL!! thanks for that.
They are an invasive species and high allergic triggers…
Seems like they might trigger my allergies!
From experience, I have to 2nd Susana on both counts.
I’ve always been jealous of my neighbors beautiful Pampas grass. Thank you for validating why..