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Elymus hystrix |
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Synonym(s) |
Hystrix patula |
Common name |
bottlebrush grass |
Family |
poaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
Size |
30-36" |
Light |
sun-part shade |
Cultural notes |
dry to medium moisture |
From seed  |
Germinates easily at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | late August |
US native grass with bristly green flowerheads maturing to brown. At their best when the bottlebrushes are backlit.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '05 commercial packet. Baggy 70F (83%G, 5-11d)
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