FoliagePampas Grass
Cortaderia selloana
Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 8-12 ft × 4-6 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect cream, silver and pink blooms in winter and summer. It stands up well to black walnut, deer and drought.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 8-12 ft × 4-6 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry, Occasionally-wet, Very-dry
- Foliage
- Yellow, Green
- Bloom color
- Cream, Silver, Pink, Variegated, White
- Bloom season
- Winter, Summer
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Drought, Pollution, Salt
- Watch out for
- Weedy
- Native to
- Temperate South America
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Pampas Grass is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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