The clumps grow to up to 4 feet tall ... Wear eye protection, gloves, and long sleeves and pants when handling and pruning pampas grass. A hard pruning to the ground in late winter helps keep ...

Basic pruning shears or hedge cutters aren’t strong enough to stand up to the massive stalks of pampas grass ... use a stick to poke around in the clumps of grass at the base of the plant ...