Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ~ Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ~ Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ~ Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ~ Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' ~ Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass

Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

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Karl Foerster's Feather Reed Grass is a visually stunning ornamental grass that is a soft green. It has feathery stalks that emerge a reddish-brown in spring and turn a beautiful golden yellow in fall.  These feathery stalks bloom weeks earlier than most Feather Reed Grasses and continue to bloom until fall.  Prefers sunny areas in rich moist soils.

Type: 

Orn. Grass

Height: 

1’ - 2’ (6’ with stalks) 

Spread: 

1’ - 2’

Spacing: 

1’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun 

Bloom Color: 

Red

Season of Interest: 

Spring, Summer, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant, prefers wet soil, but can tolerate dryer conditions.  

LANDSCAPE USES: Mass PlantingsBordersRock GardensPond EdgesNaturalized Areas, Erosion Control, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Shrub Rose, Russian Sage, Aster 

IMAGES: Daryl Mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', CC BY-SA 2.0, Photos by Patrick Standish; (2) Ornamental Grasses, (3) Perennial Border

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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