Stipa lessingiana

Price: £5.00

Brand: The Plantsman's Preference
Family: Poaceae
Main Season: Summer
Flower Colour: Yellow
Leaf Colour: Green
Foliage: Evergreen
Position: Sun
Soil Type: Dry, well drained
Height: 45cm to 60cm (18" to 2')
RHS Award of Garden Merit: RHS Award of Garden Merit
Hardiness Guide: RHS H5 minimum -10C to -15C
Pot Size: 9cm

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100% Peat-free All our plants are propagated and grown on peat-free, from scratch, on our nursery.

Clumps of very fine bright green leaves and wispy pale buff flowers in summer to 70cm. Hardier and a little bigger than the well known Stipa tenuissima. Drained soil in sun.

Grows wild on the steppes of Eurasia from Greece to Mongolia.

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