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Poaceae
Dwarf feather grass
Stipa capillata
Also known as Hungarian feather grass, Aristida avenacea, Stipa ukranensis, Stipa thessala
Native Plants · Feather · Grass · Ornamental · Delicate · Texture · Rock · Garden · Drought · Plumes
Dwarf feather grass is a delicate ornamental grass with fine, thread-like foliage that creates beautiful texture in the garden. It prefers well-draining soil and minimal watering once established. The graceful, feathery plumes add movement and interest to rock gardens and borders.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Light watering until soil is barely moist · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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