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Poverty Oat Grass

Danthonia spicata

Also called Curly Grass

  • Clump-forming cool season grass
  • Smooth leaves blades are medium green or bluish green
  • Older spikes brown and curl inward
  • Thin flowering culms develop and rise above the tufts in early summer
  • Use a ground cover or erosion control
  • Drought-tolerant: prefers dry soils

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
Green

HEIGHT:
30-40 cm

SPREAD:
30-40 cm

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Additional Notes about Poverty Oat Grass:

Danthonia shows promise as a turf replacement.

Characteristics & Attributes

Full Sun
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Attracts Butterflies
Attracts Butterflies
Native to Ontario
Native to Ontario
Drought Tolerant
Drought Tolerant
Low Maintenance
Low Maintenance
Cut Flower/Foliage
Cut Flower/Foliage
Ground cover
Ground cover
SOIL MOISTURE:
Well-drained
Average to Dry Soils
GROWTH RATE:
Medium
ATTRIBUTES:
Xeriscape
HABIT:
Mounding
Clumping
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green
LANDSCAPE USES:
Naturalizing
Border/edging