Stipa - Feather Grass

Stipa is a genus of clump forming grasses with fine leaves and elegant pinnacles. The plants sway in the slightest breeze. In France they call this plant 'Angle Hair'. Stipa likes a warm spot in the sun in normal to dry soil, preferable with some lime. Especially in winter an excess of water need to flow away. A few species of Stipa need some extra protection over winter. The hardiness of the plants is shown in the shop. Many species of Stipa do well in a modern garden, for example in a bed of gravel. In the garden, the taller species look best solitary and the smaller species look best when planted in groups. Choose neighbour plants which do not grow taller than one third of the Stipa, otherwise you lose the nice, loose effect of their flowers.

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