calamagrostis

The Karl Foerster calamagrostis had lots of green new blades, even the blood grass was showing new growth, it is a bit early for that I think.

Muhly Grass-See You In September* « Fairegarden 2009

I have a few grass-envies on account of not being able to grow pink muhly grass and other tender ones, but I love my miscanthus, carex, calamagrostis and other sturdy species.

Leaves Of Grass(es)* « Fairegarden 2009

He can order 500 full grown echinaceas to be planted in a drift with 500 calamagrostis and another 500 full size boxwoods trimmed into an undulating dragon.

Dying Well « Fairegarden 2008

Shown above is the roadside daylily, hemerocallis fulva, in the midst of feather reed grass, calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerester’.

June 2008 Bloom Day « Fairegarden 2008

That tall grass on the left is a favorite of mine, calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’.

Fending « Fairegarden 2008

More swaying plants, this time penstemon ‘Rondo’, with the blue and white flowers, blue fescue in flower, some sweet williams scattered about, nepeta mussinii, daylily foliage, and the whole scene backed by a wall of feather reed grass, calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’.

Movement « Fairegarden 2008

Red yarrow is blooming underneath, with rosemary on the left and calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ on the right in the background.

Butterfly Bush Standards « Fairegarden 2008

Did you get the mexican feather grass, stipa, or the feather reed grass, calamagrostis?

Movement « Fairegarden 2008

This is a winter shot of my Karl Foerster grass, calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’.

Rosemary « Fairegarden 2007

The principal grass of these meadows is a delicate calamagrostis with very slender filiform leaves, and when it is in flower the ground seems to be covered with a faint purple mist, the stems of the panicles being so fine that they are almost invisible, and offer no appreciable resistance in walking through them.

The Yosemite John Muir 1876