Stipa tenuissima 'Ponytails'

Stipa tenuissima 'Ponytails'
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pet safety

Not known yet. Check before letting pets near.

Through the year

Flowering months are not yet confirmed.

Key care steps

  1. Cut old top growth away first so you can see the crown.
  2. Split with two forks back to back, or a saw for tough clumps.
  3. Replant at once and water through the first dry spell.

A deciduous grass forming a compact, upright tuft of thread-like leaves, with narrow, arching, feathery pale brown flowering panicles in summer. In warmer regions it often performs more like an evergreen.

Sun: Full sun.

Soil: Chalk, clay, loam or sand; acid, alkaline or neutral pH. Grow in medium to light.

Hardiness: H4 — down to −10°C.