It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring. It is an excellent xeric companion plant and is particularly nice when planted with agave, agastache and gray artemisia. Nassella tenuissima mexican feather grass information. This is a very graceful and beautiful ornamental grass. This delightful grass is a perfect height for fitting in the middle of the border and sits equally well with gentle cottage garden plants like polyantha rose, beard tongue and sneezewort as well as offsetting more architectural plants like allium and sea holly. We are working closely with nurseries and growers to ensure that millions of plants are not wasted. My thoughts stipa tenuissima creating my own garden of.
Flowers bloom a greenish color in summer to late fall and then mature to a golden color. Mexican feather grass seed stipa tenuissima ornamental. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Stipa tenuifolia stipa tenuissima lovely architectural grass. The compact sheaf consists of countless thin stems surmounted by clouds of nebulous golden smoke which whispers and hisses gently as it waves in the wind, much resembling a loftier stipa tenuissima. Plants profile for nassella tenuissima finestem needlegrass. Stipa tenuissima is also known by the common names mexican feather grass and texas needle grass. Stipa tenuissima mexican feather grassrhs gardening. More than 200 grasses comprise the stipa genus and many are vital forage crops. I never cut this grass back, just run my fingers through continue reading. Finestem needlegrass, mexican feather grass, texas needle grass. Nassella stipa tenuissima mexican feather grass, texas needle grass duration. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Mexican feather grassnassella tenuissima citeseerx. Genus stipa can be evergreen or deciduous, mostly perennial grasses with arching, folded or rolled, linear leaves and narrow panicles of often longawned spikelets in summer and autumn details s. Plants form a mound of fine, hairlike green leaves, bearing pale yellow flowers that turn into whiskered tancoloured heads by late summer. Beautiful compact grass which looks good all year round. The stipas include some of the most beautiful plants, and tenuissima makes a dense tuft of vertical growth spurting out of the ground, the base of the leaves packed tightly together in a clump. They will probably all be plants that in themselves may seem very ordinary. Nassella species, silky thread grass, mexican feather.
Mexican feather grass stipa tenuissima grown from mexican feather grass seeds, this beautiful mounded ornamental grass with needlelike flexible leaves forms dense, bright green clumps. The plants database includes the following 27 species of stipa. This is the first of a series of posts i intend writing during the winter. Carry on browsing if youre happy with this, or find out how to manage cookies. It gently sways in the breeze and its silky seed heads glow brightly when they catch the sunlight. Forming dense clumps of arching, filamentthin, bright green leaves, it bears all summer long a profusion of long, narrow, softly feathery plumes greenishwhite to start with then changing to. These ornamental grasses are especially striking when planted in masses, but they also can be grown in containers. This is a great plant for mass planting, particularly where there are windy conditions. Nassella tenuissima, mexican feather grass, grass, stipa. Stipa is a genus of around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. The flowers are silky awns that appear in june and change from green to gold as they mature. Stipa from burncoose nurseries varieties of stipa available to buy include the following.
Mini data sheet on stipa trichotoma, stipa neesiana and stipa. Nassella tenuissima is a species of grass known by the common names mexican feathergrass. Adding stipa to the landscape guarantees movement, refinement, and even calm. Continentcountryregion, distribution, last reported, origin, first reported, invasive, reference, notes. Stipa is a perennial grass species in the family poaceae. See how rhs can give expert advice on growing, feeding, pruning and propagating plants. L48 one of a few plants to occur naturally in southwestern north america and in southern south america with no natural populations in between.
They originate from temperate and warmtemperate regions in europe, asia, new zealand and the americas. These grasses form the genus stipa and theyre the ones you can count on to sway in the gentlest breeze. Download our availability and order form for pricing, whats in stock, and future availability. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Mexican feather grass is the most finetextured grass we grow. At this point stipa tenuissima has escaped cultivation in california mostly in the north and central coast regions and south coast. An impressive plant, absolutely unbeatable growing on its own, and. Nassella tenuissima mexican feather grass wispy finetextured clumping grass from southwest u. All summer, it bears abundant feathery panicles, which are held a little above the foliage and can be used in dried arrangements. Stipa arundinacea, stipa gigantea, stipa tenuissima. Previously known as stipa tenuissima this is one of the most popular of all grasses, forming clumps of soft green hair like foliage with a succession of lighter green flowers in summer. Plants by mail order since 1984, over 4100 plants online today. If you have a windy garden then grasses are a great asset.
Nasella tenuissima a clumpforming grass, this is a terrific accent for the front of a sunny border, the rock garden, or in mixed containers. Plant combination ideas plant family stipa feather grasses. Its like a ponytail swishing around in the wind and is a great all round grass. I thought that while the weather is not so good to be outside enjoying the garden i would spend some time pondering the effects certain plants have in the garden. Inspired from prairie planting, this modern and natural planting combines the rich, cool purple flower spikes of catmint six hills giant nepeta x faassenii with the billowing blooms of mexican feather grass stipa tenuissima, providing an attractive contrast. Stipa tenuissima, pony tails stipa tenuissima, pony tails silky thread grass, angel hair. Posts about stipa tenuissima written by abbie jury. Deciduous erect, narrowly linear to filamentlike, tightly inrolled leaves 30cm 12in or more long. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes.
Stipa is a drought tolerant grass and requires little maintenance once established. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about nassella species, silky thread grass, mexican feather grass, mexican needle grass, pony tails stipa tenuissima supplied by member g. Barkworth mexican feathergrass, mexican wiregrass, finestem needlegrass, ponytail grass, texas tussock poaceae grass family synonyms. It is just that they seem to be in every single uk garden, particularly stipa gigantea, also known as giant feather grass it is large with ethereal golden spires of seed heads and stipa tenuissima which is soft with shimmering ripples in the lightest of breezes. Mexican feather grass nassella formerly stipa tenuissima. Place of origin usa texas, new mexico mexico, argentina.
Commonly called new zealand wind grass or pheasants tail grass and will reach around 1m in height stipa care. However, probably the best companion is wand flower as its long stalks of white flowers wave along with the slender stems. Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees f, the plants should be treated as annuals. Stipa tenuissima mexican feather grass is an exceptionally lovely and graceful ornamental grass which exhibits silverygreen threadlike leaves in late spring, that sway gracefully in the slightest breeze, delicately softening any landscapes. The new foliage overtakes the old fairly quickly and it rarely needs cutting back. Mexican feather grass stipa tenuissima plants candide. Bright emeraldgreen leaves which turn to brown through the year with delicate flowering heads in summer.
Ang stipa sakop sa kabanay nga poaceae matang nga nahiubos. This grass is a fountain of very fine green leaves that become yellow. They are placed in the subfamily pooideae and the tribe stipeae, which also contains many species formerly assigned to stipa, which have since been reclassified into new genera many species are important forage crops. By swishing in the wind they create movement in the garden which contrasts nicely with more clumpforming perennials.
Stipa arundicace syn anemanthele lessoniana is easy care. Esparto fibre has great strength and flexibility, and both species have for centuries been used for making. Stipa tenuissima is native to southwest and north america. Stipa tenuissima from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information. My favourite and the one i find most versatile to use is stipa tenuissima. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the spring.
Nassella tenuissima lady bird johnson wildflower center. I have a few clumps of mfg, so i think my decision may be another ornamental grass, possibly miscanthus sinensis or panicum virgatum. Silky thread grass is our most graceful native bunch grass. Stipa trichotoma nassella trichotoma, stipa neesiana nassella neesiana and stipa tenuissima.
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