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Poaceae
Alpine timothy
Phleum alpinum
Also known as Alpine cat's-tail grass, Phleum alpinum, Mountain timothy, Phleum arcticum
Native Plants · Alpine Grass · Cool Season · Ornamental Grass · Rock Garden · Cold Hardy · Mountain Plant · Perennial Grass · Wildlife · Low Maintenance · Seed Heads
Alpine timothy is a compact, cool-season perennial grass native to mountainous and subalpine regions, making it highly cold-hardy and well suited to rock gardens or alpine plantings. It grows slowly and requires little care beyond occasional watering in dry spells and a sunny to partially shaded position in well-drained soil. Its cylindrical seed heads provide late-season interest and are a valuable seed source for small birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates moist to average soils but does not like prolonged waterlogging · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -35°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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