Tall, clumping grasses are additionally wonderful planted close to the home windows for white noise. I’ve at all times been hesitant to plant them, in case they change into weeds, however should you’re ready to be careful for any unfold, Stipa gigantea is probably the perfect tall, wave-in-the breeze-type grass in our local weather. It is evergreen, rising over two metres excessive with superb golden seed heads. You get a whole lot of rustle from a small space. Miscanthus “Falling Water” provides you with light sounds identical to its identify. It grows to about two metres excessive by two metres extensive, with arching feathery heads on leafy stems. A number of of both shut by provides you with a heck of a whole lot of rustle.