: a South American grass (Cortaderia selloana) often grown for ornament that has showy white panicles borne on tall stems
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead of loading up this bar’s counter with glasses, shakers, and tequila bottles, a woven tray, pampas grass, and colorful vessels bring some design-minded decorum to this nook.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 Aug. 2024
Cut pampas grass to 12 inches or lower in late winter before new foliage appears.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
Do not plant highly flammable shrubs and trees, not even dwarf varieties in an urban environment, especially arborvitae, bamboo, broom, cedar, cypress, juniper, pampas grass, rabbitbrush or sagebrush.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Instead of loading up this bar’s counter with glasses, shakers, and tequila bottles, a woven tray, pampas grass, and colorful vessels bring some design-minded decorum to this nook.
—Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 Aug. 2024
Cut pampas grass to 12 inches or lower in late winter before new foliage appears.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
Do not plant highly flammable shrubs and trees, not even dwarf varieties in an urban environment, especially arborvitae, bamboo, broom, cedar, cypress, juniper, pampas grass, rabbitbrush or sagebrush.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Pampas grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pampas%20grass. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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