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Chasmanthium latifolium

Northern Sea Oats

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Item #: 1274

Zones: 4a to 9b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 48" tall

Culture: Sun to Light Shade

Origin: United States

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


This past winner of the NC Wildflower of the Year is one of the few ornamental grasses that thrives in shady conditions. Northern sea oats have a short, basal tuft of wide, grassy deer resistant leaves that give rise to 4' stalks with dramatic grain-like flowers...great for flower arrangers! Northern sea oats grow best in a naturalistic garden, either in the border or by the water...they tend to seed nearby unless you make lots of dried arrangements.