I LOVE my bunny tails. The problem: after three years of wonderful perfect specimens, the three plants I have came up this year half the ...Read Moresize and already starting to get brown blades (like they would in the fall). WHAT IS WRONG? I haven't changed anything! They have the same sunlight and the same irrigation.
I am in zone 5 (near Chicago, IL) and have had Bunny Tails growing for 6 years or more. The plant has been perennial in my zone, the clu...Read Moremp I grew from seed has survived and just keeps getting bigger. It has never been invasive. Strange that it is perennial for me in my zone, but listed as an annual. I am growing it in a morning sun only area. Great little grass with delightful "bunny tails" in the fall.
I've occasionally encountered this as a summer annual weed here in Boston Z6a. Self-sows easily, but not a particularly problematic weed....Read More Seems to like low-fertility soils.
I love the fluffy seed heads but the plant they grow on looked kind of messy in our containers. The stems got easily broken in the wind....Read More I planted it one year by seed (starting really early). The grass went to seed early too. Oddly this thing reseeded itself and I got volunteers inside the container the following year. (in a zone 4 garden with the container kept in an unheated garage during the winter). I have not tried to plant it in the ground.
Eastern Long Island, NY (Zone 7a) | April 2007 | positive
They are a fun plant (grass), they animate the garden with movement.
To my knowledge they are considered annuals here in NY a...Read Morend are relatively inexpensive.
I have successfully winter sowed this plant. For me, success has been better when I plant the entire seed head, the whole 'bunnytail', ...Read Morerather than picking it apart. Or just sow the seed wherever you wish to have it in the garden. Drought tolerant, and easy to grow. The rabbits/deer here do not seem to like it. Nice fall color, a golden straw tone. Have not had a problem with it self sowing.
Bunny Tails are a fun plant to grow. I use them to fill in empty spots around the yard, also good for containers and borders. Non-invasiv...Read Moree, has yet to re-seed itself. I usually start new plants from seed, the seed I have is over seven years old, and it still germinates sucessfully without additional steps. Throw some seed in a pot, water and forget it. The 'tails' emerge from transplant in about 4 weeks, sometimes faster, depending on growing conditions. I can get two seperate plantings a year, just as soon as the first bunch gets planted, start more seed for the second bunch. I think this year, I'll save some new seed.
I LOVE my bunny tails. The problem: after three years of wonderful perfect specimens, the three plants I have came up this year half the ...Read More
I am in zone 5 (near Chicago, IL) and have had Bunny Tails growing for 6 years or more. The plant has been perennial in my zone, the clu...Read More
I've occasionally encountered this as a summer annual weed here in Boston Z6a. Self-sows easily, but not a particularly problematic weed....Read More
I love the fluffy seed heads but the plant they grow on looked kind of messy in our containers. The stems got easily broken in the wind....Read More
They are a fun plant (grass), they animate the garden with movement.
To my knowledge they are considered annuals here in NY a...Read More
I have successfully winter sowed this plant. For me, success has been better when I plant the entire seed head, the whole 'bunnytail', ...Read More
Bunny Tails are a fun plant to grow. I use them to fill in empty spots around the yard, also good for containers and borders. Non-invasiv...Read More
Annual