Quaking grass

Briza media

Quaking grass - Briza media

Common Name: Quaking grass
Genus: Briza
Species: media

Category: Grasses & Bamboos

Height: 0.90 m (90 cm)
Spread: 0.50 m (50 cm)


  • Position: full sun-light shade
  • Soil: fertile moist well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: May-June
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    A matt forming evergreen grass with purplish tinted blue-green leaves. Throughout summer locket-shaped green-purple flowers which fade to buff hang from wiry branches. Their flowers are excellent for drying.

  • Garden care: Collect the seed before it disperses to use the following year. Dig out dead plants in early spring.

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