Helictotrichon sempervirens, Blue Oat Grass Size:0.42 qt This is candy for hummers

This is candy for hummers and eye candy for gardeners from late spring into fall

Photo of umbel group by Андрей Корзун (Kor

2'+ tall stems

with a pungent citrus scent when crushed

'Charlotte Bishop' is a mauve-pink star-flower blooming in late winter

Helictotrichon sempervirens, Blue Oat Grass Size:0.42 qt This is candy for hummersPowdery blue gray narrow blades are topped with buff yellow 2 foot tall seed heads late in the season. An ever blue gray presence for the winter landscape with a strong rounded form, this one keeps its shape. Whereas fescues (another blue gray rounded grass) might be used en masse as a texture, Blue Oat Grass, larger and with a more solid form, is more likely to be used as one would use a shrubas an accent, a rhythmic device in the garden, or a