Grasses > Feather Reed Grass
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Excellent as a specimen or mass planting, it looks particularly striking close to buildings. The pink-bronze summer flowerheads of this strongly upright ornamental grass fade to a beautiful wheat colour and persist well into winter. Best in damp, humus-rich soil in full sun - in shade the stems tend to topple over.
Location: full sun or partial shade.
Soil Type: damp, humus-rich soil.
Growth Rate: slow-growing
Flowering Period: early to mid summer
Flower Colour: pink-bronze.
Other Characteristics: flat, slightly glossy, classical green foliage.
Plant Hardiness: fully hardy.
Plant Care: In March before the new growth appears cut back to ground level all stems left from the previous year.
Matches: Veronicastrum virginicum f. album, Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert', Echinacea purpurea, Eupatorium purpureum 'Atropurpureum', Monarda 'Beauty of Cobham', Sanguisorba officinalis