Plants typically go dormant in winter and rarely flower.
Decorative long grass. Pampas grass grows best in full sun and while it grows best in moist soil it can tolerate a wide range of soils. Japanese blood grass is shorter growing 12 to 18 inches tall. Hardy in zones 8 to 10. This grass is invasive in some areas.
Pampas grass or cortaderia is a popular and attractive ornamental grass that grows in clumps and displays beautiful feathery plumes that are creamy white in color. In regions experiencing drought native and ornamental grasses are a smart and show stopping part of the landscape. Like many grasses this tough plant tolerates a wide range of conditions. Like many grasses this tough plant tolerates a wide range of conditions.
Plants develop the best leaf color in full sun although they will grow in part shade. This ornamental grass grows quickly and can reach heights of 10 feet tall and wide. Always wear long sleeves and gloves when working around it. Ornamental grasses are fairly new to the landscape scene they ve increased in popularity in the past couple decades.
In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina. Silky pink flower plumes appear on grass clumps in late summer and linger all winter long. This ornamental grass is hardy in zones 5 to 9. As more grasses are introduced from other parts of the world that share similar climates landscape professionals aren t always in agreement on how to handle.
Pampas grass needs room in the landscape clumps grow 5 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 7 feet wide. Pampas grass in bloom. Cut plants to the ground in early spring. Use it as an edging plant or in containers.