The Blue Hair Grass is an elegant and a perfect grass for gardens as a groundcover or creeping plant. Very showy in rockery.
Evergreen, compact small tuft with narrow, grey-green leave. Dense silver green flower in spikes between 35 and 55cm long turning brown in autumn.
Prefers acid, limestone and well drained soils. It grows on sandbanks and sand dunes.
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Flowering |
Average germination (%) | 70 |
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Climate Zone | Cool areas, Temperate areas |
Flower colour | Brown |
Foliage | Evergreen |
Foliage color | Green |
Germination (in days) | 7-15 |
Hardiness | Drought resistant, Hardy (tolerates temperatures down to -15ºC) |
Life cycle | Perennial |
Plant use | Balcony & Courtyard, Baskets & Containers, Coastal garden, Creeper, Edges, Flowerbeds, Gardening, Grass, Groundcover, Low maintenance garden, Rock garden, Urban garden |
Seeds per gram | 5000 |
Soil - Moisture | Well-drained |
Soil - Ph | Acid |
Soil - Type | Chalk |
Sunlight - Exposure | Partial shade, Sun |
Direct sowing. Temperatures 10ºC night/20ºC day.