CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'KARL FOERSTER'

feather reed-grass 'Karl Foerster'

CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora 'KARL FOERSTER'

feather reed-grass 'Karl Foerster'

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Maintenance advice : Cut down to the base, the dried grass stalks, at the end of winter. Water abundantly and regularly for the first 2 years.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : bred if Germany, named in tribute to Karl Foerster (1874-1974)
Use group : Bamboo and Grass
Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
Width at 10 years : 0,5 m
Exposure : Sun - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : rigid, upright
Colour of leaves : Green
Colour of flowers : Brown
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Border

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Excellent upright plant, with green leaves, keeping its structure in winter. Flowers are browny-orange. Granted the 'Perrenial plant of the Year' in 2001