Perennial Grass
Sun Exposure – Sun, Part Shade
Soil Moisture - Moist, Dry
Soil Type - Loam
Height – 2'-3'
Leaf color - Green
Bloom Time - June-August
Bloom Color - Green
Deer Resistant - Yes
Attracts – Butterflies and Birds with seeds and nesting material
Larval Host - Northern Pearly Eye butterfly
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Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix) Bottlebrush Grass offers exquisite seed heads in the shade garden. A cool-season grass, Elymus hystrix grows actively during the spring and fall when soil temperatures are cool. It provides fabulous texture and interest in wooded areas and is perfect for planting under oaks and other deciduous trees where some light can penetrate the forest floor. Bottlebrush Grass is included in our Woodland Edge Seed Mix.
Greenish-brown, bristly spikelets in several to many clusters along a terminal spike atop an erect, smooth stem.
This native grass is a host plant for the Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon).
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