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Pityopsis graminifolia - NARROW-LEAF SILK GRASS
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Delicate looking native perenial from sandy soils. Grassy silvery-green leaves, upright branched stems with gold-yelow flowers in late sumer and fall.
Long and late flowering season, attracts butterflies.
Blooming time: August-September/October
Size: 24-30" tall x 12-14' wide
USDA Zones: 5/6 to 8
Culture: full sun. Sandy soils, well drained soils, dry soils, xeriscape, rocky, gravelly soils. Tolerant to heat, humidity, drought. Neutral to slightly alkaline soils.
Moisture Needs: average (medium) to medium-dry, dry
Origin: Native to the south from Texas diagonally across southeast and east. See the BONAP distribution map
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: not known / not known
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no, but beneficial to birds
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: For sandy or well draining or dry soils in full sun - naturalistic gardens, prairies, meadows, good for erosion control on sandy soils. Can be planted as an individual accent, in small groups as a gackground plant or in the middle of the bed.
Good companions can be Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias, Asters, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemons, Yucca, or other native grasses like Boutelloa curtipendula, Sporobolus heterolepis, Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, Aquilegia, Calamintha, Geranium, Gypsohila, Iris x barbata, Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Salvia, tall Sedum, Sempervivum, Stachys,
Pictures Copyright: Mary Keim, Flickr
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Pityopsis graminifolia - NARROW-LEAF SILK GRASS
$8.49
Delicate looking native perenial from sandy soils. Grassy silvery-green leaves, upright branched stems with gold-yelow flowers in late sumer and fall.
Long and late flowering season, attracts butterflies.
Blooming time: August-September/October
Size: 24-30" tall x 12-14' wide
USDA Zones: 5/6 to 8
Culture: full sun. Sandy soils, well drained soils, dry soils, xeriscape, rocky, gravelly soils. Tolerant to heat, humidity, drought. Neutral to slightly alkaline soils.
Moisture Needs: average (medium) to medium-dry, dry
Origin: Native to the south from Texas diagonally across southeast and east. See the BONAP distribution map
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: not known / not known
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: no, but beneficial to birds
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: For sandy or well draining or dry soils in full sun - naturalistic gardens, prairies, meadows, good for erosion control on sandy soils. Can be planted as an individual accent, in small groups as a gackground plant or in the middle of the bed.
Good companions can be Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias, Asters, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemons, Yucca, or other native grasses like Boutelloa curtipendula, Sporobolus heterolepis, Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, Aquilegia, Calamintha, Geranium, Gypsohila, Iris x barbata, Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Salvia, tall Sedum, Sempervivum, Stachys,
Pictures Copyright: Mary Keim, Flickr
