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    STIPA
    STIPA
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    STIPA

    Commonly known as Spear grass

    Genus of about 150 species of bristly, tufted, evergreen or deciduous perennial grasses from open woodland and stony slopes in temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide.

    Provide crops for forage as well as having many ornamental forms. Esparto grass (S. tenacissima) is used for craftwork (espadrilles) and papermaking.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • Good to know
      Grown for narrow panicles of flat spikelets, often with long, feathery or bristly awns from early summer to autumn. May be dried and dyed for flower arrangements.
    • Place of origin
      Temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Ornamental grasses
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    varieties
    STIPA calamagrostis
    (syn. Achnatherum calamagrostis). Large, long-lasting panicles of pale green flower spikelets, ageing to purplish pale brown
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
    Available Early Spring 2026
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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