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Calamagrostis brachytricha |
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Synonym(s) |
Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha |
Common name |
Korean feather grass |
Family |
poaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
Flowers |
buff pink (september) |
Size |
3-4' |
Light |
sun to shade |
Cultural notes |
tolerates hot summers |
From seed  |
easy, germinates at room temperature within a week or two detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | mid-November |
Forms an attractive tidy clump. Faded bronze seedheads persist through autumn. Useful for dried arrangements. Ours are set amid a bunch of other medium to tall plantings near our pond, which makes it hard to capture their grace on camera.
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| By late October, the flowers have faded to tan, but are still nice and full |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Calamagrostis brachytricha
Some particularly helpful links to other websites
- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 70 (80%G, 4-8d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70 (80%G, 8d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (22%G, 5d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 70F (fair G, 12-25d)
- Seed from '14 garden. Baggy 70F (85%G, 5d)
The seeds are elongated tan-colored grains. They can be extracted from the awns by rubbing them between your hands or other surfaces.
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