Koeleria glauca
Blue hair grass, Glaucous hair grass
- Height × spread
- 0.15m × 0.15m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer
Availability
Generally available in late Summer & early Autumn
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About this plant
This makes small, perky looking tussocks of blue green grass having fine soft foliage from late spring. The flower stalks, coming early in the season, stand well above the tussocks. The flowers form a light and bight feature with their long slender heads. They turn to straw colours, an attractive colour combination with the grass. They can become battered and unkempt in windy situations. This is not always long lived; in really hot weather the plant may become dormant.
- Flower colour
- Brown, Pink
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green
- Stem colour
- Black
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 0.15m
- Spread
- 0.15m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Prairie garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn - mid · Planting
Deadhead to tidy for winter
Tidy the plant to make the garden ready for winter. When the flowering season concludes around mid-autumn, cut off the flowered stems to their base.
Spring
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.