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Chasmanthium latifolium |
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| Common name |
sea oats |
| Family |
poaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial grass |
| Flowers |
golden tan |
| Size |
3-4 ft |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature - can take a while. self-seeds in our garden
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early October |
Gracefully arching stems with bluish green foliage and green flowers through summer, turning a nice tan in autumn - nice for dried arrangements. We grow them in clusters, making a fountain of foliage and seedheads.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: side garden, pondside Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Nina Long | Feb 20, 2005 | They have just rebuilt our sand levee at Grand Isle, LA.and we are interested in starting wild sea oats for anchoring the sand and for thier beauty. Where can we get the seeds or the rhizomes?
I just chopped down my stand today, else I would have had an indefinite supply of seed - as is, I'm no help. I don't know how well they do in warmer climates - the seed appears to need some cold treatment to germinate. Good luck. |
| Lionel Shirley N.Devon Mar 27th 2005 | Mar 27, 2005 | Thank you very much, notes and picturesa most helpful |
- Seed wild-collected '98. Cellpack 70F. No germination inside - moved to outside greenhouse after a few weeks, and germination started about a month after sowing
Every year since then, they've self-sowed in my garden - enough for a nice supply, not annoyingly so.
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October 16, 2004
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