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Purple Love Grass
Purple Love Grass - Eragrostis spectabilis.
For the rockgarden. Flowers or seedcapsules for cutting.
Flowering period: VIII-X.
Winter hardiness zone: Z5-10.
Heigh: 50 cm.
Brilliant purple-red flower racemes, dense compact clumps, one of the most attractive late flowering ornamental grasses, need warm summers to flower, pure seed.
1,0 g = 12500 seeds.
Family: Poaceae, Gramineae.
Origin: United States.
Special Features: extremely drought tolerant grass.
Colour: bright rose-red colored inflorescence glows when backlit.
Natural Flowering Period: August - December.
Winter Hardiness Zones: Z5-10
Growth Habit: densely clumping, spreading slowly by rhizomes, and seeding where happy.
Foliage: light green foliage with a bronzy fall colour.
Height with Flower: 50 cm.
Spacing between Plants: 30 cm.
Soil Requirement: Tolerates poor, dry soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8.
Location: Sunny locations are best.
Use: Use Purple Love Grass in a sunny border along with GAURA lindheimeri "Summer Breeze", Eupatorium fistulosum "Atropurpureum", and Liatris spicata "Kobold".
Specialities: Plant en masse in an open meadow or natural garden.
For the rockgarden. Flowers or seedcapsules for cutting.
Flowering period: VIII-X.
Winter hardiness zone: Z5-10.
Heigh: 50 cm.
Brilliant purple-red flower racemes, dense compact clumps, one of the most attractive late flowering ornamental grasses, need warm summers to flower, pure seed.
1,0 g = 12500 seeds.
Family: Poaceae, Gramineae.
Origin: United States.
Special Features: extremely drought tolerant grass.
Colour: bright rose-red colored inflorescence glows when backlit.
Natural Flowering Period: August - December.
Winter Hardiness Zones: Z5-10
Growth Habit: densely clumping, spreading slowly by rhizomes, and seeding where happy.
Foliage: light green foliage with a bronzy fall colour.
Height with Flower: 50 cm.
Spacing between Plants: 30 cm.
Soil Requirement: Tolerates poor, dry soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8.
Location: Sunny locations are best.
Use: Use Purple Love Grass in a sunny border along with GAURA lindheimeri "Summer Breeze", Eupatorium fistulosum "Atropurpureum", and Liatris spicata "Kobold".
Specialities: Plant en masse in an open meadow or natural garden.
Cultural Tips:
Grams per 1000 seeds: 0,08.
Seeds per Gram: 12500.
Seeding Recommendation: 0,25 g / 1000 plants.
Sowing Rate: 3 seeds per cell.
Plug tray recommended size(s): 128 or 288.
Germination: these seeds germinate rapidly depending on species and origin. If germination does not occur after 3-4 weeks a cooling period of 2-4 weeks is recommended.
Scheduling:
Best Sowing Dates: November-March.
Sowing to Germination: 4 - 8 weeks.
Germination to Transplant: 4 - 8 weeks.
Transplanting to Salable Plant: 6 - 10 weeks.
Cutting-Back at Transplanting: not necessary.
Purple Love Grass. Bot. syn.: Eragrostis geyeri Steud., Eragrostis velutina Schrad., Erochloe spectabilis (Pursh), Megastachya spectabilis (Pursh), Poa spectabilis Pursh.
