Poaceae
Broadleaf meadow grass
Poa chaixii
Also known as Kentucky bluegrass, Common meadow grass, Smooth meadow grass, Cynodon sudeticus
Native Plants · Ornamental Grass · Shade Tolerant · Meadow · Woodland · European Native · Perennial Grass · Ground Cover · Low Maintenance · Poa · Clump Forming
Broadleaf meadow grass is a shade-tolerant ornamental grass well suited to woodland edges, naturalized areas, and informal garden settings. It prefers partial shade and average moisture, forming attractive clumps of broad, lush foliage. Very little maintenance is required; simply cut back old growth in late winter to encourage fresh spring growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates some dryness once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Minnesota, Netherlands, New York, North Caucasus
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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