Highly ornamental, Tufted Hairgrass has fine hair-like flowers rising 2 - 3 feet above neatly rounded, dense tussocks. The grass emerges green and turns Gold late in the season, keeping good color and form for winter interest. This clump-forming …
Highly ornamental, Tufted Hairgrass has fine hair-like flowers rising 2 - 3 feet above neatly rounded, dense tussocks. The grass emerges green and turns gold late in the season, keeping good color and form for winter interest. This clump-forming cool-season grass is useful for stabilizing disturbed sites, streambanks and shorelines. An excellent shade garden grass, Deschampsia cespitosa is attractive when mixed with ferns. Consistent, medium to moist soil is needed when planted in full sun. It is a larval food plant for several butterflies in North America including the Umber Skipper.
Native plants can be grown outside of their native range in the appropriate growing conditions. This map shows the native range, as well as the introduced range, of this species.
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Can you plant other plants, like Columbine or violets, in between tufted hairgrass?
In a medium garden soil you should be able to plant Columbine or Violet between Tufted Hairgrass. Hairgrass will favor conditions that are moist, whereas Columbine or Violet may favor a drier site. So it would be important to keep a balance in the soil moisture. The Hairgrass base is around 18" wide. Columbines mounded base can be up to 1 ft . Violets are smaller yet. Space plants accordingly.
Is Deschampsia caespitosa deer resistant?
Deschampsia caespitosa grass is mostly deer resistant. It is not a favorite, but deer may sample it in the spring before there is much else available. Plants should recover from early season browsing.
What are some good companion plants for this grass?
Mistflower, mountain mint, and purple coneflower. The mistflower will spread. The other two provide variety of plant shapes ,along with a pleasant color scheme.
How aggressive is this grass?
Tufted hairgrass spreads by seed. It is not considered aggressive because it is not highly competive. It only spreads readily in areas where it has little to no competition, or under ideal conditions.
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