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Poaceae
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea
Also known as Blue moor grass, Flying bent, Molinia, Melica caerulea var. major
Native Plants · Ornamental Grass · Purple · Clumping · Texture · Fall Color · Naturalistic · Perennial · Moist Soil
Purple moor grass is a clump-forming ornamental grass that develops beautiful purple-tinged foliage in fall. It prefers consistently moist soil and requires annual cutting back in late winter. This grass adds excellent texture and movement to naturalistic plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water at base until soil is evenly moist · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle
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