Tufted Hair Grass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) is a perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-9, that matures to about 2-3 ft × 1-2 ft. It does best in part shade with medium water needs in moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect cream, yellow and silver blooms in summer and fall. It attracts songbirds, stands up well to black walnut, deer and drought, grows happily in containers.

USDA zones

4-9

Sun

Part shade

Water

Medium

Mature size

2-3 ft × 1-2 ft

Maintenance

Low

Soil

Moist, Occasionally-wet

Bloom color

Cream, Yellow, Silver, Green, Purple

Bloom season

Summer, Fall

Attracts

Songbirds

Tough against

Black walnut, Deer, Drought, Pollution, Rabbits, Salt

Native to

Cosmopolitan