This graceful ornamental grass of rich woods & woods edges produces pale greenish-white seed heads that look like delicate bottle brushes (up to 1.5 inch wide & 6 inch long), the seed heads develop in June and persist all summer, excellent textural accent plant, pick immature seed heads for drying or use in flower arrangements, leaves are dark green and come up from a creeping base, host plant for Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly (Enodia anthedon) caterpillars.
3 foot tall
Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b
Perennial
Deer Resistant
Native Range: sw. ME to ND, south to w. GA, TN, AR & OK. Rare in ME
Germination - Very Easy: No treatment required. Surface sow or cover seed lightly.
Eastern Bottlebrush Grass 3.5 inch pot $12.25 (Temporarily Sold Out*)
*We normally carry this item but are temporarily sold out. We expect to have it available again as soon as our plants in production reach sufficient size/maturity or we harvest more seed. In some cases, plants may be recovering from caterpillar damage (Monarchs love our Milkweed), wind or hail damage, rampaging woodchucks, downed trees, or other natural issues. We are constantly updating our web site so please check back again.
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