General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Grass/Grass-like
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Wet Mesic
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
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| Plant Height: |
18-24 inches |
| Plant Spread: |
12-18 inches |
| Leaves: |
Evergreen
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| Flowers: |
Other: flowers are small and combined into spikes
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Resistances: |
Drought tolerant
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
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Posted by
Pistil (Lake Stevens, WA - Zone 8a) on Oct 27, 2018 10:16 AM concerning plant:
Hardy in Seattle.
Give this some room. By the end of the summer it sprawls 4-5 feet in diameter, much more than the label says. Label says it grows to 12" x 14". I would say 16" x40". It's nice flowing down a slope or over an edge. A clumper not a runner, which is nice, and my clumps do not increase in size much.
I use scissors to cut it to stubs in winter or spring, this is a 30 second job. Pruners and grass shears do NOT easily cut it.
Some years there are quite a few seedlings. They grow slowly, so are easy to pull out. Seedlings come true to type.
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