What is Feather Reed Grass?

One of the ornamental grasses that hatches first in the spring is Feather Reed grass. This member of Poaceae or Grass, Family, will delight gardeners and landscapes with its upright architectural form. Long -term, elegant inflorescences or stems of flowers often last throughout the winter, often giving a personality infertile and sleeping garden areas.

Feather Reed Grass is a slowly spreading clustering permanent grass that has a slide of linear, flat leaves that usually range between 18 and 36 inches (45 to 90 cm) long. Attractive leaves are slightly glossy and medium green. Long leaves usually rustle breeze or light winds, giving the music quality of the garden. In general, when the wind blows - especially in the sleeping garden - a look at the swaying grass adds an element of movement into an otherwise sedentary landscape.0.5 m) high, but in ideal conditions can rise to 6 feet (1.8 m). At the ends of the rigid uncontrolled stems grow inflorescences in branching, narrow launch, which are usually 6 to 12 pal longců (15 to 30 cm). Inflorescence is generally soft, silver beige when they first open. They usually age into bronze or pale violet-brown in the middle to the end of summer and early autumn.

This grass is native in parts of Europe and Russia and is widely distributed in mild zones in the northern hemisphere. On the table of hardness of the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, most kindergartens report this as resistant in five to nine zones, but people in other regions have successfully increased it. Where it is durable, growers increase it as a perennial, but where it is not durable, gardeners and landscapes plant it as an annual.

Generally grown grass Feather Reed. Its natural habitat, grows in the swamp and wet forests. Growers usually have the best results when they increase grass in wet soil rich in humus in full sun or partial shadow. Some growers have a success that grows in worse soilHowever, it usually does not reach its full potential in height and matter. Soon in the spring or late winter before the gerde keys, gardeners should reduce the growth of last year.

6 In general, it is known as calamagrostis acutiflora , but some sources refer to it as calamagrostis x acutiflora or calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Stricta, ', an older name. X indicates that it is a sexual hybrid. Which means it is a cross between species or plants of genera.

There are several cultivars of grass Feather Reed. One of the most popular is c. X acutiflora , which is a natural hybrid c. Epigejos and c. Karl Foerster introduced it to the parent trade in 1950 and there is a cultivar called "Karl Foerster". It is so similar to c. X Acutiflora 'stricta' that some kindergarten and growers confuse them. The main difference is that "Karl Foerster" is not provided; It is therefore not invasive grass.