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Poaceae
Ciliate melic
Melica ciliata
Also known as Ciliated melicgrass, Fringed melic, Melica ciliata, Melica ciliata var. intermedia
Native Plants · Ornamental Grass · Clump-Forming · Dry Garden · Rock Garden · Feathery Spikelets · European Native · Poaceae · Perennial Grass · Low Maintenance · Border Grass
Ciliate melic is an elegant, clump-forming ornamental grass with distinctive feathery spikelets that are highly attractive in borders and dry rocky gardens. It grows best in partial shade to full sun and is tolerant of poor, well-drained soils once established. Minimal care is needed beyond occasional trimming of old growth in late winter.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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