Grow guide
How to grow Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
- Type
- Ornamental grass
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–8
- Sun
- Partial
- Time to harvest
- 300–400 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- direct/transplant
- Start indoors
- 6 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water As needed
- Harvest As needed
- Thin As needed
Notes
Shade-tolerant native perennial with flat coin-like spikelets that flutter and bronze in fall; germinates at 72F; self-seeds freely.
More ornamental grass varieties
Grows well nearby
Track Northern Sea Oats from seed to harvest with Evengrow.
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