Feather Grass

Stipa Capillata

Forming a dense, glossy green clump of foliage they bloom in summer with beautiful upright plumes. The hair-like awns are at first clear green, and as they mature they turn a beautiful silvery-white. The plants are easy to grow in moderately fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
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Stipa Tenuifolia

Mexican Feathergrass

S. tenuifolia is a deciduous grass to 1 m, forming a compact upright tuft of thread-like leaves, with narrow, arching, feathery flowering panicles in summer. Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 0.5 m to 1 m
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Stipa Tenuissima

Mexican feathergrass

S. tenuissima is a deciduous grass to 60 cm, forming a compact upright tuft of thread-like leaves, with narrow, arching, feathery flowering panicles in summer. Hardy.
Eventual size: 60 cm
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Stipa Tenuissima ‘Ponytails’

Ponytail Grass

A deciduous grass to 80 cm, forming a compact upright tuft of thread-like leaves, with narrow, arching, feathery flowering panicles in summer. Loose tufts of fluffy delicate green leaves wave and flutter in the breeze, resembling an elven shaving brush. Hardy but not evergreen.
Full sun, dry, well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
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