calamagrostis acutiflora 'karl foerster' (feather reed grass) brown

calamagrostis acutiflora 'karl foerster' (feather reed grass) brownan upright habit, forming a tight clump of deep green foliage sterile flower plumes emerge purple red, changing to a golden tan foliage and flowers dry and persist through the fall and winter bloom time: june to winter cool season grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall during the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant cool season grasses flower

more upright habit than 'Aureola'

seedlings are easily removed

in full sun to light shade

fern-like gray-green foliage

seed pods in september and october

white-lipped blooms

uniform evergreen suitable as a specimen or in groups as an effective screen or windbreak in cold northern climates

medium green leaves appear after the flowers and turn burgundy in the fall

does not like a wet

dry spells

frilly edges and a pale greenish-yellow in colour with no markings

dark ruby-red