Feather Grass

Did you know

• Each seed has an extraordinarily long feathery awn up to 30 cm that catches the wind and carries the seed across the steppe.
• The silky silver awns create a breathtaking shimmering effect when backlit by low sunlight or when swaying in a breeze.
• Feather grass is a signature plant of the Eurasian steppe, where vast expanses of it once rippled across the landscape.
• The seed awns are hygroscopic, coiling and uncoiling with changes in humidity, which helps drill the seed into the ground.
• It is protected in several European countries because its native steppe grassland habitat has been largely converted to farmland.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental grass
• dried arrangements
• meadow planting
• xeriscaping