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| Category: Grass |
| Family: Poaceae (Gramineae) (Grasses) |
| Origin: Southwest (U.S.) (North America) |
| Flower Color: Silver |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Height: 1 foot |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F |
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Poa arachnifera (Texas Bluegrass) - Found throughout the plain states and into Texas. This cool season grass forms 12 inch tall clumps with narrow blue-green leaves spreading by strong rhizomes. In spring the showy 2-3 foot fluffy silvery sterile flowers rise above the foliage. Good in most well drained soils and even tolerates a fair amount of shade. Very heat and cold tolerant down to 25 degrees. A good groundcover unmowed or mowed and shows good recovery from pedestrian traffic. More inofrmation on this useful grass can be found on John Greenlee's website on his Texas Bluegrass Page. We grew and offered this plant in our 2001 and 2002 catalogs but it was not well known enough and we were forced to discontinued growing it soley for lack of sales. We long felt it a very good ornamental grass but its virtues seemed unknown to most people.
This information about Poa arachnifera displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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