Briza media

quaking grass

• Position: full sun or light shade
• Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May-June
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A matt forming evergreen grass with purplish tinted, blue-green leaves. Throughout summer, locket-shaped, green-purple flowers, which fade to buff, hang from wiry branches. Their flowers are excellent for drying.
  
  
• Garden care: Collect the seed before it disperses to use the following year. Dig out dead plants in early spring.