Plants are colonial from a long creeping rhizome. Stems solitary or several together, 5–35 (-70) cm, usually no more than 1 mm in diameter. Basal (at the base) vagina is stable, brown or reddish. Leaves 3–12 cm. Spikelets solitary, erect, broadly ovate to almost spherical, 8–12 (-40) mm; scales from gray to reddish-green, ovoid, 4–10 mm. Flowers: perianth setae 10 or more, bright white, sometimes with a red tinge, 15-30 mm, smooth; anthers 0.5–1.5 mm. Achenes narrowly oblong, 0.4–2.5 mm, top with pointed tip.
Eriophorum Scheuchzeri Care
Eriophorum Scheuchzeri
What is the plant
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Humidity
Normal
Lighting
Full Sun
Temperature
-31°C - 10°C
Hardiness zone
9 - 11
Difficulty
Easy
How to Care for the Plant
Water
It is important to keep the soil very moist, and the plant should be cut back at the beginning of spring.
Sunlight
They can be grown in either sunny or shady conditions. Cotton grass is fairly easy to maintain.
Soil
Cotton grass likes to grow in moist acidic soil. It is best to plant Eriophorum species in the first couple of months of spring so as to flower in summer.
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Temperature
The Cotton grass seeds will take about three weeks to germinate once the temperature has reached about 15 degrees Centigrade.
Popularity
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