grass - feathertop
Elegant fresh or dried flower.
Masses of white, woolly, nodding, 6" plumes on graceful plants forming 12" clumps. Showy accent in any landscape. Tender perennial in Zones 9–10, but grow as hardy annual.
Specs:
Plant Height: 12–24"
2” soil block
LIGHT PREFERENCE:
Sun.
PLANT HEIGHT:
20-28".
PLANT SPACING:
9-12".
HARDINESS ZONES:
Zones 9-10.
HARVEST:
Fresh cut or dried – Harvest just before seed heads shed pollen and are still light-green in color. Seed heads harvested once they have shed pollen tend to shatter.
SOIL REQUIREMENTS:
Average to light, porous soil.
USES:
Excellent fresh cut flower. May be dried. Charming naturalistic or mixed grass plantings. Effective planted in masses, tubs, and containers.
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Lagurus ovatus
ALTERNATE NAMES:
Bunny tail grass, rabbit tail grass
SEED SOURCE:
*Item description and growing information sourced from the seed company and linked accordingly
** if there are no images of the product it means that I have not grown that specific variety in the past (or taken a good pic). product images are available to review on the seed company’s website
Elegant fresh or dried flower.
Masses of white, woolly, nodding, 6" plumes on graceful plants forming 12" clumps. Showy accent in any landscape. Tender perennial in Zones 9–10, but grow as hardy annual.
Specs:
Plant Height: 12–24"
2” soil block
LIGHT PREFERENCE:
Sun.
PLANT HEIGHT:
20-28".
PLANT SPACING:
9-12".
HARDINESS ZONES:
Zones 9-10.
HARVEST:
Fresh cut or dried – Harvest just before seed heads shed pollen and are still light-green in color. Seed heads harvested once they have shed pollen tend to shatter.
SOIL REQUIREMENTS:
Average to light, porous soil.
USES:
Excellent fresh cut flower. May be dried. Charming naturalistic or mixed grass plantings. Effective planted in masses, tubs, and containers.
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Lagurus ovatus
ALTERNATE NAMES:
Bunny tail grass, rabbit tail grass
SEED SOURCE:
*Item description and growing information sourced from the seed company and linked accordingly
** if there are no images of the product it means that I have not grown that specific variety in the past (or taken a good pic). product images are available to review on the seed company’s website