Tardiflora Tufted Hair Grass Plants

Deschampsia cespitosa 'Tardiflora' Tufted Hair Grass - 2 Litre Pot-Grown Plants

These ornamental grasses create a wonderfully eye-catching, feathered, shimmery mass of pale tan-yellow with hints of gold tufts of flowers. They have lovely deep green foliage.

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Features

• Semi-evergreen grass
• Clump forming
• "Cloud effect" flowers look best en masse
• Blooms June-September
• Thrives in partial shade
• To under 1m x 1m

Growing 'Tardiflora' Tufted Hair Grass

These grasses are tough and with a little help will establish almost anywhere there is half decent soil, and - unlike most grasses - prefer partial shade. Good to plant beside water.

Like any grass, they benefit from being sheared down to low mounds, every late Winter or early Spring to make way for new growth.

In Your Garden Design

A heavenly mass of swaying silvery-purple spikelets, this grass is tailor-made for a fashionable new perennial border or a woodland garden as it is one of the only grasses that grows in a shady area. It is fantastic for overlooked urban gardens and makes a great companion to ferns, hellebores and hostas. It is great choice for adding structure and height to any garden and lovely in a border with Asters or Heleniums, and is an excellent partner to Agapanthus and Astrantia. For for fans of soft, naturalistic prairie style planting this is an ideal choice adding in other grasses and mixed herbaceous perennials such as our Back of the Border collection.

Did You Know?

The species is also called tussock or hassock grass.