Review Notes: Tender Perennial, treated as an Annual
Flowers: Graceful creamy-white bracts. June to frost.
Foliage: Clump-forming, Green in Summer
Height: 45-60cm (18-24”)
Spread: 50-60cm (20-24”)
Position: Full sun to partial shade.
Aspect: All aspects. Exposed or Sheltered
Soil: Light, moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil.
P. villosum is one of the easiest and most visually stunning grasses to grow. Brilliant white, rabbit-tail spikes are produced in abundance from bushy, clump-forming deciduous plants. Eye-catching and early to flower in borders or large containers.
The grassy clumps may initially disappoint you.......but then comes the gorgeous display of arching stems, each one ending in a perfectly formed fluffy head of long white awns or 'bunny tails'. The flowers last throughout summer and well into winter.
It is a fairly tender perennial often used as an annual. It is hardy down to about -5*C, so if planted in a sheltered spot, should survive the winter.
It has been awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Aftercare:
Cut back old foliage in spring as new growth appears in the centres of plants.
Feed in summer with single dressing of a dilute general fertiliser. Even without an annual feed, most grasses will put on a first-rate show. The more nitrogen grasses receive the greener and further they'll grow. Do not over do it…their spreading habit is fine in a field, but in a garden they may become too lush and the flower quality may suffer.
Drying:
Cream Falls can be dried and make interesting focal or secondary flowers in dried arrangements. To dry, cut the flower at the height of bloom and hang upside down in a cool, dark place to dry.
Plant Uses:
Beds and borders, City, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Foliage only, Prairie planting. Flower arrangements. Low Maintenance or Mediterranean
Supplied Height Approx 6" €0.95 + P&P
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Plant Type:- Grass
Colour:- Graceful creamy-white bracts
Flowering Period:- Jun to Nov
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