Mexican Feather Grass is a clump-forming native grass grown for its foliage and sways in the slightest wind. The light silvery-green foliage is coupled with airy stems of white flowers in the summer that brown in fall with the foliage. Grows best in full sun and well-drained soils. Treat Mexican Feather Grass as an annual if temperatures reach below 20 in winter.
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Type:
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Orn. Grass
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Origins:
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Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico
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Height:
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1’ - 3'
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Spread:
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1' - 3'
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Spacing:
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2’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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6 - 10
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Summer, Year-Round
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. May go dormant in drought or cold winters. Well-drained soils essential to avoid rot and mildew, heave mulch can also induce rot. Do not cut back after winter unless treated as annual.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Muhly Grass, Catmint, Stokes’ Aster
IMAGES: Stan Shebs, Nassella tenuissima, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Stan Shebs, Nassella tenuissima spray, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Alex Lomas, Stipa tenuissima (5863782536), CC BY 2.0, (4) Photo by Matt Lavin, Stipa (Nassella) tenuissima - Mexican feathergrass
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
