Molinia caerulea ssp. caerulea 'Winterfreude'

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Price:  £4.00 Notify me when this item is available Family:  Poaceae Main Season:  Autumn Flower Colour:  Purple Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  90cm to 1.2m (3' to 4') Peat Free?  Not yet Hardiness Guide:  RHS H7 minimum at least -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

Clumps of greyish green leaves and upright stems of dark flowers in midsummer to 1m.  Good autumn and winter seedheads.  Reasonable soil in full sun.

Supposed to be a good variety for keeping it's seedheads overwinter instead of them collapsing in December as many do.

Molinia 'Winterfreude' is listed by some as a cultivar of M. c. ssp. arundinacea but it seems to be far too small for that so we place it under ssp. caerulea.