Bright green grasslike plant with small fluffy flowers at the stem tips
Perfect for containers, borders and beds
Fiber Optic Grass is a neutral grass. Where temperatures get colder than 20 degrees F, the plants should be treated as annuals. Once the grass turns brown it can either be removed immediately or removed in the spring. It should not be expected to live through the winter and begin growing again in the spring.
In areas where winter temperatures remain above 20 degrees it should be considered a perennial and the following information should be useful. Evergreen or neutral grasses are usually plants that look like grasses but aren't actually classified as grasses, they are generally called grass-like plants.
Divide evergreen or neutral grasses and grass-like plants in spring only.
Evergreen grasses don't ever go dormant. Dividing plants wounds them to some degree. For evergreen grasses this wounding will really affect their ability to live through the winter.
I have been growing fiber optic grass for a few years. It actually came up by itself in an area of my yard. I thought it looked pretty good, so I started transplanting where I wanted it. I live in the Suburbs of Chicago and it is not dying off in the winter. It also seeds and I have an abundance of new plants every year. It is really a trooper for me.
I have been growing fiber optic grass for a few years. It actually came up by itself in an area of my yard. I thought it looked pretty good, so I started transplanting where I wanted it. I live in the Suburbs of Chicago and it is not dying off in the winter. It also seeds and I have an abundance of new plants every year. It is really a trooper for me.
I have one on a table by my front door and everytime I look at it I smile. My guests always comment about this plant - they also think its cute!
I have one on a table by my front door and everytime I look at it I smile. My guests always comment about this plant - they also think its cute!
I have one on a table by my front door and everytime I look at it I smile. My guests always comment about this plant - they also think its cute!
This plant does terriffic in a planter. Give it room to hang down the sides of a planter.
I love the way this plant looks in my flower bed! Always gets a lot of attention from passers-by. Wish I'd brought it indoors in the Fall...it gets to be -30 and colder here in the winters. I'll have to buy a new bunch this Spring.
Looked tremendous all summer & into the fall.
| Award Year | Award | Plant Trial |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2010 | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2010 | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2009 | Leader of the Pack - Early Season | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2009 | Top Performer - Late Summer | Michigan State University |
| 2009 | Top Performer | University Laval |
| 2009 | Top Consumer Choice - Spring | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale |
| 2009 | Best of Breed - Summer | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2009 | Top Performer - Late Summer | Michigan State University |
| 2009 | Top Consumer Choice - Spring | University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale |
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