Stipa

Stipa flowers captivate in beds and bouquets with their lightness and delicacy. All stipas love full sun and dry, stony, well-drained soil. To make them look as natural as possible in beds, it is good to plant them in several pieces in loose groups along with other drought-tolerant perennials and bulbs. Only then will their stems and inflorescences come alive with the slightest breath of wind. 'Ponny Tails' is a species native to the steppes of Mexico, Texas, and Patagonia. Airy, dense tufts of hair-like, delicate leaves resemble horsehair. The leaves are green, turning straw-colored towards the flowers. It even self-seeds in a suitable location.

An ornamental grass naturally growing on permeable, gravelly soils in Southern and Central Europe. It is one of the longest-flowering grasses and retains high decorative value until winter. Its feathery, silvery inflorescences are arranged in a graceful arch, bringing lightness and movement to perennial compositions. Excellent for cutting into fresh bouquets and for drying.

Stipa flowers captivate in beds and bouquets with their lightness and delicacy. All stipas love full sun and dry, stony, well-drained soil. To make them look as natural as possible in beds, it's good to plant them in several pieces in loose groups along with other drought-tolerant perennials and bulbs. Only then will their stalks and inflorescences, moving with the slightest breath of wind, truly stand out. Stipa capillata is a native steppe grass also widespread elsewhere in Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe. It forms firm gray-green clumps with upright stalks. The beige awns, in the form of flowers, almost horizontally protrude from the stalk as they mature and twist interestingly.

Stipa flowers captivate in beds and bouquets with their lightness and delicacy. All Stipas love full sun and dry, rocky, well-drained soil. To look as natural as possible in beds, it is good to plant them in groups of several plants in loose clusters together with other drought-tolerant perennials and bulbs. Only then will their stalks and inflorescences, moving with the slightest breath of wind, truly stand out. This grass is naturally widespread in Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. It forms firm grey-green clumps with upright stalks. The flowers, in the form of silvery-white awns, resemble long hair.

Stipa flowers captivate in beds and bouquets with their lightness and delicacy. All stipas love full sun and dry, stony, well-drained soil. To make them look as natural as possible in beds, it's good to plant them in several pieces in loose groups along with other drought-tolerant perennials and bulbs. Only then will their stalks and inflorescences, moving with the slightest breath of wind, truly stand out. Stipa tenuifolia is a thermophilic grass growing on sunny slopes. In the Czech Republic, especially in the České středohoří and South Moravia. Its caryopses are equipped with a long hairy awn. This species has the thinnest leaves of all native stipas.