Stipa Species, Giant Feather Grass, Giant Needle Grass, Giant Oats, Spanish Oats

Beautiful grass in flower, especially when backlit by low sun. Hardy on the east coast at least to Z6b, Dartmouth, MA, if drainage is goo...Read Mored and there isn't too much winter moisture. This plant comes from a Mediterranean climate and has greater winter hardiness in drier climates.

Clump-forming, it does not spread vegetatively. In some gardens, this may self-sow lightly.

Like Miscanthus, the leaf edges can give painful cuts like paper cuts. Wear gloves when combing out dead foliage in spring.

beautiful beatiful beatiful and extremely hardy and foolproof. its big but not too big and is high enough to be in the shrub category. it...Read More is very vigorous, it has a winter interest appearance with high green / brown stems with oat like seeds appearance for many months sometimes throughout the year.

look greats on every spot that receives full sun , looks great in combination with ficus carica or any other mediterranean/ arid plant. i have it for 5 years now and it is still going strong. surely one of the best ornamental grass i have ever purchased.

Looks fantastic with Verbena Bonariensis, this plant will flower after year 2, probably year 3. Also a good one to accompany this grass i...Read Mores Agastache Mexicana Sangria. SG looks amazing in the glow of the evening sun and a star of the grass border.