Good plant #33 - Calamagrostis 'Emodensis'

This variety of hardy perennial grass carries its seed head in a very graceful and arching manner.  It forms a spreading clump of grass which remains largely green in mild winters but goes yellowy brown in harsher winters.  During early summer, tall sheaths emerge from the mound which eventually arch under the weight of the mass of seeds.

This plant prefers moist soil and sunny-ish sites but will grow anywhere in my experience.  This grass is not that common but it propagates itself by seeding and you can divide bigger clumps in spring. In early spring,  I always remove dead leaves on these plants to make them look better and give them a multi-purpose liquid feed.

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