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Ornamental Grass
jscaldwell

Karl Foerster Reed Grass not blooming yet

13 years ago

Hello all,

I planted about a dozen KF reed grass plants late last year, and they are all doing well (except 1), having grown from small nursery plants 1" wide and about 4" tall to about twice that size...larger in a few cases.

The problem is that I expected blooms/plumes by this time since I heard KF was an early bloomer, but there is nothing yet and it is July 2nd. Any ideas? We're just north of Austin, TX and it has been a fairly hot summer so far, but, the plants look healthy. Is it possible they won't put up stalks the first year since they started so small? Has anyone else had this experience? Thanks.

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