Nasella tenuissima is a swaying fine textured clump forming grass. The crisp green blades are arching and extremely narrow. Foliage can be semi-evergreen or deciduous depending on the climate. In summer narrow panicles of creamy long awned spikelets appear. By late summer or autumn plants are crowned with buff colored seedheads. This grass prospers in sunny sites with a wide variety of soils.
Nasella tenuissima prospers in sunny or lightly shaded sites with fertile well drained soil.
Plants adapt to a wide range of conditions – moderate salinity, drought, slightly acid or alkaline pH and heavy clay or sandy soil. This species thrives in coastal sites with excessive wind but is intolerant of sites with poorly drained soils.
This is a cool season grass that may become dormant during extremely hot summer weather.
Plants should be groomed or cut to the ground in early spring to remove tattered foliage and make way for new foliage.
This grass is pest resistant and fairly unpalatable to deer and other herbivores.
A handsome Groundcover that brightens Containers or sunny Meadows. The species is sometimes used as an Accent, Edging or Mass Planting. Plants provide Cut Flowers and Erosion Control to Deer Resistant Plantings, Low Maintenance Gardens, Perennial Borders or Rock Gardens.