About
Cortaderia selloana 'Pink Feather' is a robust, clump-forming perennial grass that can reach heights of 2.5 meters and spread to 1.5 meters in width. It features evergreen, arching leaves with sharp teeth, displaying a blue-green hue. In late summer or early autumn, it produces feathery panicles adorned with shiny pink spikelets.
About the genus
Cortaderia consists of sturdy evergreen grasses that develop sizable, compact clumps of narrow, rough-textured leaves. These grasses produce upright stems topped with dense flower panicles that range from silvery to pink hues, making them ideal for drying purposes.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, North-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Grass Like
- Habit
- Tufted
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Coastal, Gravel garden, Prairie planting, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, deep, well-drained soil in full sun, and cover with a deep dry mulch to protect plants from frost in their first winter; choose planting positions carefully, because they need plenty of space, because of the sharp leaf edges, and because seedlings can be invasive; for more advice, see ornamental grasses cultivation
- Pruning
- Cut and comb out the last year's flower stems and dead leaves in late winter or early spring; wear gloves as protection from the sharp leaf edges
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in late spring
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free