Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Hello Spring™'
Hello Spring™ Feather Reed Grass
This arching varigated grass has leaves with wide creamy white margins edging green centers. In summer cream flower spikes rise above the foliage.
- Mounding, upright habit
- Narrow green leaves with white edge
- Sterile flower plumes
- Foliage and flowers persist fall and winter
- Category: Ornamental Grass
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Height: 3-4 ft
- Spread: 2-3 ft
- Bloom Color: Brown
- Foliage Color: Green, White
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Attributes
| • | Dried Flower/Foliage |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Long Blooming |
| • | Low Maintenance |
| • | Ornamental Grass |
Season of Interest (Flowering)
| • | Summer |
Season of Interest (Foliage)
| • | Winter Interest |
Additional Information about Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Hello Spring™'
Cool Season Grasses: These grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when 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 Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Hello Spring™'
Best grown in full sun to partial shade in a moist, well-drained soil, however, will tolerate most soil types. Calamagrostis is drought tolerant, once established. Prune foliage to 10 cm in the spring to make way for new growth.