Stipa extremiorientalis

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Price:  £4.00 –+ Add to Basket Family:  Poaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Yellow Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  1.2m to 1.8m (4' to 6') Peat Free?  Not yet Hardiness Guide:  RHS H6 minimum -15C to -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      Approx. 7 in stock View our Pot Size guide:

Tight clumps of broad, pale green leaves and tall, arching stems bearing spikes of awned yellow-green flowers in late summer to 1.5m. Ordinary soil in sun or part shade.

A very bright, shining ornamental grass that makes a lovely fresh complement to the late summer flowering plants in a mixed border.  Clear yellow autumn foliage too.

From eastern Russia, China and Japan.

Syn: Stipa pekinensis, Achnatherum pekinense.