Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix

This graceful ornamental grass of rich woods produces pale greenish-white seed heads that look like delicate bottle brushes (up to 1.5" wide & 6" long), the seed heads develop in June & persist all summer, leaves are dark green & come up from a creeping base, average moisture, partial shade, 3' tall.

Zone 4a-8b

Deer Resistant

Native range: sw. Maine to North Dakota, south to w. Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas & Oklahoma. Rare in ME

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