| Description | Scotland Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa) A cultivar of the Tufted Hairgrass becoming larger than the species. |
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| Pronunciation | (deh-SHAMP-see-ah)(ses-pih-TOH-sah) |
| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | tolerates shade, prefers good sun with proper moisture |
| Moisture | prefers moist, hates hot and dry |
| Soil & Site | prefers rich, moist to average |
| Temperature | cool season grass |
| Flowers | loose airy panicles, produced in large amounts, arches forward out of the mound, spring-blooming, become a yellow/tan color |
| Leaves | forms tufted mounds of dark green foliage, tan to light brown in the winter |
| Dimensions | 24 inch or larger mounds of foliage with 2-3 feet tall flowers |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | The genus was named for Louis Deschamps (1765-1842) a French naturalist. |
| Notes & Reference | #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke) |
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