Dear Neighbors,
I am giving away 8 large clumps of fountain grass (see description, below) from my home garden.
The grasses are maintenance-free and have beautiful plumes, but have been self-seeding,
which has been a problem for their current location in my yard. If this is not a concern for your garden,
these are great plants.
Please call 412-361-7904 and ask for Michael if you are interested in taking these plants.
I live at 901 N Highland Avenue.
General Culture:
Easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Best in full sun.
Tolerates part shade, but may not flower in too much shade. May freely self-seed in optimum
growing conditions to the point of being considered very weedy. Seed plumes may be removed before
seed ripens if this grass is located near beds or lawns where self-seeding would be a problem.
'Moudry' does not reliably come true from seed, however, and should be propagated by division.
Cut foliage to the ground in late winter before new shoots appear.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
'Moudry' is a warm season ornamental fountain grass cultivar which typically grows in graceful,
spreading clumps to 2-3' tall and as wide. It is most noted for its distinctive dark purple flower spikes.
Features narrow, medium to deep green leaves (to 1/2" wide) in summer, changing to golden yellow in fall
and fading to beige in late fall. Foliage usually remains attractive throughout the winter. Showy,
purplish-black, bristly, bottle brush-like flower spikes arch outward from the clump in late summer
like water spraying from a fountain (hence the common name). Flower spikes turn brownish as the seeds
form, and spikes usually persist until late fall or early winter before shattering.
Problems:
No serious insect or disease problems.
Uses:
Specimen, group or mass. Foliage and attractive flower spikes of this ornamental grass provide excellent
texture, color and contrast to borders, foundations and open areas. Also grows well in moist locations
such as peripheries of water gardens, ponds or streams.
Kathy Fine
(412) 361-7904
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