Prairie Planting Collection
Common name: Japanese Blood Grass
Brilliant red streaks - like flames in the grass
-5 to -10°C
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Spectacular, and eye-catching, Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’ is a wonderful ornamental grass which will provide colour, movement, and interest to your garden. Bright green, pointed, lush foliage becomes brilliant flaming crimson at the height of summer, fading to green at the base. Narrow, silvery-white flower spikelets are then produced in July and August. Native to Asia and Africa, where the foliage from Imperata cylindrica is woven into bags and mats and also used to thatch the roofs of traditional houses. Also known as Japanese Blood Grass, this beauty is equally as stunning in borders or containers. Once established, plants are drought tolerant and this ornamental grass attracts native butterflies to the garden, along with other pollinators. Foliage is retained from March through to the first frosts around October time, turning golden before dying back over winter. Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’ prefers a spot in well-drained soil which is either clay or loam based and position in either full sun or partial shade. A hardy (H4), herbaceous perennial which grows to a height and spread of 45cm and should not need additional winter protection except in the coldest of winters.
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Rudbeckia fulg. Goldsturm P9 | Stipa tenuissima Ponytails 9cm pot | Echinacea Green Twister 9cm Pot | Imperata cylindrica Red Baron 9cm pot | Luzula Nivea 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' 9cm pot | ||||
| Common Name | Black-Eyed Susan | ||||
| Hardiness | H6 (-15 to -20°C) | ||||
| Colour | Yellow | ||||
| Type | Perennial | ||||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||||
| Height in Maturity (m) | £0.60 | ||||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | £0.60 | ||||
| AGM | Yes | ||||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam | ||||
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||||
| Good for cutting | Yes | ||||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
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