Stipa calamagrostis

Common Name: Rough feather grass, Silver Spike Grass

Plant Family: Poaceae

Price: £6.50

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Availability:

3 in stock

Hardiness/minimum temperature: Hardy
Position/ Situation: Banks and Slopes
Sun/ Shade: Sun
Planting Style: prairie
Suggested Use: Erosion Control
Season of Interest: Summer to Autumn
Scent: No Scent
Flower Colour: Brown
Leaf Colour: Green
Height: medium (up to 6 feet)
Habit/Shape: Clump forming
Evergreen: No
Soil Type: Heavy/Clay
Soil PH: No preference
Rabbit & Deer Resistance: Not Known To Be Resistant
Resistance to Honey Fungus: Resistant to Honey Fungus

Elegant, arching grass with bluish-green leaves which turn coppery in autumn contrasting with the feathery white flower panicles. Deciduous. Cut hard back in winter to early spring before new leaves emerge. For well drained soil in sun to part shade.

Delivery Info
Pot Sizes

Mainland UK	£8.50-£10	Local delivery Postcodes IP1-IP8 & CO10 (minimum order value applies please click here for details)	FREE
Seeds & cuttings only	£2	Collect from our Nursery (Elmsett, Suffolk, IP7 6LZ)	FREE
Scottish Highlands & offshore Islands	From £10

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Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 9cm or 1 litre pots
Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx 12cm diameter)
Herbs: 9cm
Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre
Potted Bulbs: variable- please see "Size/Qty" on product information page
Dormant Bulbs, Tubers and Bare-root perennials come either bagged or wrapped without a pot

The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall

Goes well with

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'£5.00

Black-eyed Susan

Perennial with black-centred golden daisies to 12 cm 5in across, on widely-branched stems, from July to September. Attracts bees and butterflies.