Stipa
Pony tails, Stipa, Feather grass
Compact perennial grass. Stipa can be evergreen or deciduous, mostly perennial grasses with arching, folded or rolled, linear leaves and narrow panicles of often long-awned spikelets in summer and autumn
Classification
Common Names: Pony tails, Stipa, Feather grass
Family: poaceae
Variety: tenuissima
IMG_0133.jpg: 2020-11-14 Mexican feather grass |
20190620_064551.jpg: 2020-11-14 stipea in a pot |
Propagation Notes
Plant Type: Grass
Propagation: Division
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season:
Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame in spring or by division in spring
img_4347.jpg: 2020-12-05 Feather grass |
Golden Oats, Giant Oats
Stipa can be evergreen or deciduous, mostly perennial grasses with arching, folded or rolled, linear leaves and narrow panicles of often long-awned spikelets in summer and autumn
gigantea is a robust tufted evergreen grass to 2m, with arching linear green leaves and large panicles of oat-like, long-awned purplish flowers which ripen to gold
Classification
Common Names: Golden Oats, Giant Oats
Family: Poaceae
Variety: gigantea
stipa-gigantea.jpg: 2020-12-05 ull grown |
Propagation Notes
Plant Type: Grass
Propagation: Seed
Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)
Flowering Season:
Propagate by seed sown in pots in a cold frame in spring or by division in late winter to early spring
2020-12-26_19-36-50.png: 2020-12-26 Stipa gigantea Golden Oats seed packet |