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Plant: Mexican Feather Grass
Nassella tenuissima
$12.00
Size: 1 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
SummerFall
More about this plant
Mexican feather grass forms fine, wind-swaying clumps of hair-like green leaves 1 to 2 feet tall, topped with silvery seed heads from summer into fall. It wants full sun and drought-tolerant well-drained soil, and does best in drier climates; NCSU notes it does poorly in hot, humid Southeast conditions and self-seeds heavily.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
Plant description
Mexican feather grass forms fine, wind-swaying clumps of hair-like green leaves 1 to 2 feet tall, topped with silvery seed heads from summer into fall. It wants full sun and drought-tolerant well-drained soil, and does best in drier climates; NCSU notes it does poorly in hot, humid Southeast conditions and self-seeds heavily.
- Flowers
- Silvery inflorescence from summer to fall.
- Foliage
- Dense clumps of hair-like leaves that roll inward and turn light brown in winter.
- Native range
- South central U.S. to Mexico and Argentina
