Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium
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Common Name: Northern Sea Oats  
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Water Saving Tip:

Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Grass

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Gold, Green

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Steve Mullany/Dowsett
  • Description

  • Notes

A beautiful ornamental grass known for it's showy, drooping seed heads and it's lush green foliage. Grass greens up mid spring, turns a lovely copper color in fall, eventually changing to brown during the winter. The seed heads look like flattened rattle snake rattles, and emerge green, turning to tawny brown in the summer. Very persistent into the winter months. Place in the garden where it will be back lit by the late day sun, where it will illuminate the seed heads. A lovely summer through winter silhouette. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.