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Hystrix patula
Bottlebrush Grass
It attributes its name to the showy, bristly, bottle-brush-like flowers. The leaves are dark, narrow, and olive-green in colour.
- » AKA Elymus hystrix
- » Forms an upright loose clump of coarse green leaves
- » Green bottlebrush-like flowers emerge above the foliage
- » Flowers ripen to straw-coloured seed heads persisting until late fall, then disperse
- » Bloom Time: June
- » Grass Type: Cool Season
1 Litre
$20.83
Attracts Wildlife
| • | Attracts Birds |
Growth Rate
| • | Medium |
Attributes
| • | Native to Ontario |
| • | Cut Flower/Foliage |
| • | Deciduous |
| • | Dried Flower/Foliage |
| • | Long Blooming |
| • | Juglan Tolerant |
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Planting instructions
| • | Container Plants |
Additional Information about Hystrix patula
Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and continue until temperatures start to cool in the fall. During the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant. Cool season grasses flower in the spring or early summer. Most cool season grasses grow best in a consistently moist soil.
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Hystrix patula
Best grown in a moist, fertile soil, however, it is quite tolerant of any soil type from heavy clay to dry and rocky. Grows in full sun or partial shade, however, it will struggle in the hot sun. This is a good choice for naturalizing dry, shaded areas. Hystrix patula will freely self-seed in optimum growing conditions and seed heads can be pruned off before they disperse. Grass should be pruned down to almost ground level in early spring.