Pony Tails Grass – Mexican Feather Grass
Stipa tenuissima Synonym: Nassella tenuissima ‘Pony Tails’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Ornamental Grass
Height or Length at Maturity: 12-24″
Width at Maturity: 12″-24″
Spacing: 18″ for mass planting; 36″+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Clumping, Arching, Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Flowers Emerge Green turning to Golden Honey-Brown
Flower Type: Plumes
Flower Size: 3-4″ feathery strands
Flowering Period: Summer through Fall
Flowering Period: Summer through Fall
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Rich Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Part Shade
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.0
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Insect
Description
Pony Tails Grass, also called Mexican feather Grass, is a delicate looking but tough and drought tolerant ornamental grass with graceful foliage and airy flower heads that provide a unique, soft texture in the landscape or garden. The foliage and the flowers sway gently with the slightest breeze, providing movement in the garden. Excellent in garden beds or pots.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 18 to 24 inches tall and wide, Pony Tails Grass is ideal for use as a grassy accent in smaller garden spaces and container gardens, where it provides a unique, wispy texture that contrasts nicely with other types of plants. In larger landscape spaces it is especially dramatic planted in groupings, mass plantings or borders, creating a soft but stunning effect. A fine addition to rock gardens, ornamental grass gardens, and combined with other drought tolerant plants in the sunny Xeriscape (low water needs).
Suggested Spacing: 18 inches apart for mass planting; 36 inches or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Pony Tails Grass is very easy to grow in a loose, very well-drained soil and full sun to light shade. Maintenance is minimal; prune one time a year in late winter before new growth begins to emerge in spring.
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