Scientific Name
Cortaderia selloana

Common Name
Pampas grass

Hardiness Zones: 7b-10
Height: 6 to 10'
Light Requirements: Sun to light shade
Soil/Moisture: Tolerates a variety of soils but prefers fertile, moist, well drained soil; once established is drought tolerant
Form/Texture: Clump with arching narrow green leaves
Inflorescence: Silver white plumes with a pink blush; remains attractive until mid winter; good in dried arrangements; female plants produce more showy plumes than male plants
Comments: Space 10' apart; tolerant of coastal conditions; sharp edges
Cultivars:
Rose Feder (Rose Feder pampas grass)

Albolineata (Silver Stripe)

Aureolineata (Gold Band): 6'; green and yellow striped leaves; modest sized white plumes; hardy to zone 8; good container plant

Pumila (dwarf pampas grass): 3 to 6'; medium size white plumes in late summer; cold hardy to zone 7

Sunningdale Silver: 6 to 10'; silvery plumes; zone 8

Silver Fountain

Ivory Feathers: 6'; full uniform, fluffy white plumes

Sun Stripe (Monvin): silver green leaves with a golden yellow center strip; 4-5'; large, fluffy, long lasting silver plumes

Rendatleri: large purplish pink plumes; 9'; hardy to zone 8

 

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