Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia Cespitosa) – 16 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

One of a few grasses that will grow well in shade, Tufted Hair Grass is a highly ornamental North American native adored for its ethereal summer bloom that produces an airy silvery cloud of flowers that rise up to 3 feet above an attractive and dense, mounded tussock of very thin deep green grass blades. The flowers are particularly attractive when backlit and turn to a golden yellow in fall persisting through winter. Especially attractive when mixed with ferns and other shade-loving perennials, this cool-season beauty is excellent grouped or massed in woodland gardens or naturalized areas and is also useful for stabilizing disturbed sites, streambanks and shorelines. It is a larval food plant for several butterflies in North America including the Umber Skipper.

Tuifted Hair Grass is exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soils. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter, which is usually found in woodland areas, and is not picky at all about soil pH. It is one of a few ornamental grasses that likes shade to part shade part shade. Avoid direct sunlight in the midafternoon hours. Plants will flower better with a few hours of morning sun per day. Maintenance is minimal. Flower stems can be removed be removed in the fall or left on the plant for winter interest. Cut plants back to just above the ground  in late winter before new growth begins to emerge from the ground.