French naturalist Louis Deschamps would be proud. This ornamental grass has the benefits of relative dwarfness combined with big, showy panicles of flowers and seed heads. Deschampsia varieties grow from 2 to 4 feet tall, and generally as wide, in an arching habit. They are suitable for adding to gardens that are moist and rich, but the grow well in poor dry soil as well. More about the look of the plant Deschampsia have large open panicles of flowers from 10 to 18 inches long and 6 to 8 inches wide.
Individual flowers are silver, green or purple, often all at the same time.
They bloom from mid-summer to fall and are most attractive through fall and winter. How to grow Hair Grass Deschampsias are hardy from zones 4 to 9, with a few selective varieties and species being more or less hardy. See notes below for more exact hardiness ratings for each plant. In terms of soil, they will tolerate most, except extremes in level of moisture. They tolerate drought with only minimal browning of foliage, but would prefer some shade if they are going to be submitted to this all the time.