Zones 2-24, 28-41
Full, Partial
Moderate
Deschampsia cespitosa vivipara
Fairy's Joke
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Evergreen, Ornamental grasses and grasslike plants
DESCHAMPSIAGrown for their graceful clumps of arching foliage and airy clouds of flowers. Although they grow over much of North America, most garden selections are imports from Europe. Use these in mass plantings.
Deschampsia cespitosa viviparaThis grows 1 to 2 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. The plant produces plantlets instead of seeds; these droop to the ground and may take root.
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