£9.00

Stipa tenuissima is one of the most graceful and delicate of all grasses. Feathery, fog-like plumes move with the slightest breath of air. Fluffy plumes of silver-green flowers, maturing to blonde-buff from July.

Type

• Grasses

Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

• Beds and borders
• Cottage style garden
• Contemporary style garden
• Gravel garden

Special features

• Attractive to wildlife
• Low maintenance
• Drought tolerant
• Ground cover
• Architectural

Care instructions

Grow in moist but well-drained soil. Cut down to the ground in early spring before the new foliage appear.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 1.5 litre

Eventual height: 40cm

Eventual spread: 45cm

Positions

• Sun

Aspects

• South
• East
• West
• North

Soil types

• Sandy
• Normal
• Clay

Soil pH ranges

• Acid
• Neutral
• Alkaline