Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass is a visually stunning ornamental grass that is a soft green. It has feathery stalks that emerge a reddish-brown in spring and turn a beautiful golden yellow in fall.  These feathery stalks bloom weeks earlier than most Feather Reed Grasses and continue to bloom until fall.  Prefers sunny areas in rich moist soils.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant, prefers wet soil, but can tolerate dryer conditions.  

LANDSCAPE USES: Mass Plantings,  Borders,  Rock Gardens,  Pond Edges,  Naturalized Areas, Erosion Control, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Shrub Rose, Russian Sage, Aster 

IMAGES:  Daryl Mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', CC BY-SA 2.0, Photos by  Patrick Standish; (2)  Ornamental Grasses, (3) Perennial Border

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown