Holcus comprises grasses that can be either annual or rhizomatous perennials. These plants feature slender, soft leaves and produce dense flowering panicles, which are pale green or pinkish, during the summer months.

Holcus

Holcus 'Alan Cook' (v)

Holcus annuus

Holcus gayanus

Holcus lanatus is a robust perennial grass that typically reaches a height of around 1 meter. It features upright stems covered in fine hairs and has flat leaves that are a muted grey-green. In the summer, this species produces single spikelets at the tips of its stems, which exhibit a purplish-red hue. After flowering, it develops seed heads that appear greyish-pink.

Holcus lanatus

Holcus mollis

Holcus mollis 'Albovariegatus' is a rhizomatous perennial known for its dense mat of narrow leaves edged in white. During the summer months, it produces airy flowering panicles that are pale green in color.

Holcus mollis 'Albovariegatus' (v)

Holcus mollis 'Jackdaw's Cream' (v)

Holcus mollis 'White Fog' (v)

Holcus setiglumis subsp. duriensis

Holcus x hybridus

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