Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia Cespitosa ‘Goldtau’) – 1 Gallon Pot

One of a few grasses that will thrive in shade, the Gold Dew Tufted Hair Grass is a highly ornamental North American native adored for its ethereal summer through fall bloom that produces an airy cloud of golden flowers which rise above an attractive mounded tussock of very thin deep green grassy blades. The flowers are particularly attractive when backlit by the sun. Especially attractive when mixed with ferns and other shade-loving perennials, this cool-season beauty is excellent as an accent in small garden spaces or grouped or massed in woodland gardens or naturalized areas. It is also an attractive plant for use to stabilize embankments, streambanks and shorelines. It is a larval food plant for several butterflies in North America including the Umber Skipper.

Tuifted Hair Grass is exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soils. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter, which is usually found in woodland areas, and is not picky at all about soil pH. It is one of a few ornamental grasses that likes shade to part shade part shade. Avoid direct sunlight in the midafternoon hours. Plants will flower better with a few hours of morning sun per day. Maintenance is minimal. Flower stems can be removed be removed in the fall or left on the plant for winter interest. Cut plants back to just above the ground  in late winter before new growth begins to emerge from the ground.