Keep feather grass in the garden

This is how the feather grass is convincing!

There are numerous characteristics that this Feather grass quickly wins friends among gardeners:

• silvery-white, fluffy flower awns
• low growth height of a maximum of 50 cm
• hair-thin foliage
• good winter hardiness
• for the cut suitable (but does not need it)
• does not need fertilizer
• low water requirement / tolerates dry periods
• together strong
• perennial
• excellent as a solitary and for group plantings

What location does this ornamental grass need?

That as extreme easy-care to be classified Feather grass, feels at home where most other plants are reluctant to be. It loves sunny, warm and at the same time dry locations. Heat is not a problem, and neither is drought. Protected locations are ideal.

The soil in which the feather grass embeds its roots should have the following properties:

• well permeable
• sandy, stony or gravelly
• medium to profound
• lean to moderately nutritious
• dry environment
• Lime is tolerated

Which plant partners are suitable?

The feather grass does well alongside other drought-loving steppe plants. It is also tastefully expressed next to bulbous plants such as Allium sphaerocephalon. Planting partners with whom it is often planted together in gardens are among others sedge, Sage, asters, daylilies, Sun hat, Chinese reed, lavender, Columbine and lamp cleaner grass.

Propagation: division or sowing

In early spring, the feather grass can be divided. To do this, simply dig out the root ball, divide it in the middle and plant the new part in a different place.

Another method of propagation is that sowing. The feather grass is quite short-lived. But it likes to sow itself. It hurls its seeds for meters due to an inherent tension in the seed heads. The seeds are also transported onwards with the help of animals and humans. Targeted sowing will begin between February and June.