ELYMUS HYSTRIXCategory: Ornamental Grass Hardiness Zone: 5 9 Height: 30 36 in Spread: 12 18 in Bloom Color: Green Shades Foliage Color: Green Shades Flowers resemble a bottle brush Plant in clumps to naturalize in a lightly shaded woodland garden or native garden Larval host for butterflies (Northern Pearly Eye Butterfly) Cool season grass

Thats too bad because it is a great Apple to grow but with a couple of quirks

As an interesting fact

soft peach colored blooms from mid spring onward

super curly foliage that really enhances the attractiveness of this very useful plant

bell-shaped flowers that are highly sought by native pollinators

Shapely buds with yellow and red tones open to semi-double flowers of yellow edged in pink

Tolerant of heat

2" spikes of blue flowers in May

Description- A double layer of overlapping coral pink petals that mature to a lavender-pink will "catch your eye" from mid-summer into the fall

wide tree break

white bell-shaped flowers embellish this bush in May

» Deer and rabbit resistant