Anna Pavord: 'The grasses I'm supposed to love leave me cold, while the one variety I adore...

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The messy ruff of dead growth around Deschampsia cespitosa 'Bronzeschleier' (it's a grass – a favourite among garden designers) has annoyed me all winter, but when I leaned forward recently to tug it away, the whole thing came away in my hand. "Result," I thought joyfully and lobbed the entire hideous clump on to the compost heap. Ants had for some time been building a nest in the grass – they often do – and had completely separated it from the ground.











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