Sesleria x 'Greenlee' hybrid - MOOR GRASS 'GREENLEE'

Spontaneous hybrid with features of both parents (S. autumnalis and S. caerulea). Evergreen, low maintenance grass, tough and adaptable.

8-12" tall and 12-14" wide clumps, slowly spreading. Leaves have nice green-blue hue, flowers in spring and summer with silver-purple flowers above the foliage, brown seedheads.

Full sun, half sun, dry shade, average soil, moderately fertile with average moisture - medium, medium-moist, medium-dry. Established plants are quite drought tolerant.

Well behaved grass that rarely seeds.

Likes some drainage and little bit more moisture, but is adaptable.

Hardy in zones 4 to 9. Doesn't like humidity of deep south.

Pest and disease free, deer and rabbit resistant. Tolerant to black walnut, urban conditions and salinity (salt tolerant).

Attracts pollinators and small birds.

Discovered in California in Greenlee nursery and is named after the nursery founder and the Meadow Garden Design proponent John Greenlee.

Use is similar to Sesleria autumnalis - in small groups or in masses, as groundcover, edging plant, difficult urban conditions, dry shade or for erosion control. Easily combined with many common perennials, lets mention at least Agastache, Aster, Amsonia, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Echinacea, Euphorbia, Gaura, Geum, Iris x barbata (bearded Iris), Nepeta, Paeonia, Penstemon, Rudbeckia, Pycnanthemum, Salvia nemorosa, Sedum, ...or other taller grasses.

Cut back in early spring to encourage new fresh look.

Pot size : square 3.5" x 5" pot

Picture copyright : 1 - Intrinsic Perennial Gardens  2 - Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Flickr