Poaceae
Helictochloa pratensis
Helictochloa pratensis
Also known as Avenastrum pratense, Avena pratensis f. pauciflora, Helictotrichon pratense, Heuffelia pratensis
Native Plants · Ornamental Grass · Meadow Grass · Perennial Grass · Cool-Season Grass · European Native · Border Plant · Low Maintenance · Helictochloa
Meadow oat grass is a tough, low-maintenance ornamental grass that thrives in full sun to partial shade with moderate watering. Plant in well-drained soil and divide clumps every few years to maintain vigor. It is well suited to naturalistic garden borders, rock gardens, and prairie-style plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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