Grass Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 4 - 8
- Height: 40 inches
- Width: 40 inches
- Foliage Color: Green
- Flower Color: Purplish-brown
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Fall Color: No change
- Soil Requirement: Evenly moist soils, pH 5.5 - 7.2
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Moisture Requirements: Moist soils
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 64 - 72F
- Average Germ Time: 1 - 2 weeks
- Light Required: No
- Depth: Cover the seeds lightly
- Sowing Rate: 2 - 3 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keeps seeds moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 40 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Melica
Melica Red Spire (Melica Transsilvanica) - This is yet another fine ornamental grass bearing in early summer long, satiny spires of red spikelets. Useful in arrangements either fresh or dried. The first year of establishment it will grow to approximately 2 1/2 feet. The following year it should grow to its maintenance height of approximately 40 inches. Ideal for rear of borders and landscape planting, flowers in first year from early sowing.
