FoliageTufted 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
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Tufted Hair Grass is hardy to about -30°F (estimated from USDA zone 4), 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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