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    HELICTOTRICHON
    HELICTOTRICHON
    © Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only.
    HELICTOTRICHON HELICTOTRICHON

    HELICTOTRICHON

    Well-behaved, striking tufts like a much larger version of the little Blue fescue.

    Genus of about 50 species of tussock-forming deciduous and evergreen perennial grasses from rocky slopes, wasteland or field margins in temperate Europe, western Asia, and North America.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • Good to know
      Good for gravel plantings. Associates well with purple- or silver-leaved plants.
    • Place of origin
      Europe, Asia, North America.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Herbaceous
    • Ornamental grasses
      Tussock-forming perennial grasses
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    Grasses - Care Guide
    Helictotrichon sempervirens - Growing Guide
    Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection

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