Karl Foerster Grass
What: A premier ornamental grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ featuring dramatic red-copper flower plumes that emerge in mid-summer and persist through winter. This architectural, upright grass is extremely adaptable and serves as an outstanding vertical accent in the landscape.
Best use: Perfect for creating vertical interest in prairie gardens, perennial borders, and as a specimen in containers. Excellent for mass plantings, naturalized areas, and as a backdrop for shorter perennials. Also valuable for fresh and dried flower arrangements.
Plant Details
| Height | 4–5 feet (with plumes) |
| Spread | 32 inches |
| Hardiness Zone | 3 |
| Sunlight | Full sun to partial shade |
| Watering | Adaptable; average to moist conditions |
| Growth Rate | Medium |
| Bloom Time | Mid summer; plumes persist to late winter |
| Flower Color | Brick red with coppery-bronze overtones; tan seed heads |
| Maintenance | Low; cut to ground in late winter |
| Uses | Vertical accent, mass planting, borders, containers, cut/dried flowers |
