Pampas grass comes from South America and impresses with its fronds that gently bend back and forth in the wind. However, this effect requires a certain height and size of the plant.
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Pampasgras
The American pampas grass, also called silver pampas grass or pampas grass for short, belongs to the sweet grasses (Poaceae). The eyrie of Cortaderia selloana , as it is called botanically, consists of overhanging leaves that are densely packed and can be 100 to 200 centimeters long. The long, egg-shaped panicle flowers are dense or loose, later becoming feathery and, depending on the variety, silver-white, yellowish or pink (pink). The height of the panicles is between 30 and 100 centimeters. If the stem is included, the flower height can be up to 250 centimetres.
Varieties in a table
Name | Growth height in cm | Flower height in cm | Growth width in cm | Flower color in cm | leaf color |
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Andes Silver | up to 200 (including Wedel) | up to 150 | cremeweiß | green | |
Argentea | up to 80 (sheets) | 200 | up to 120 | White | bluish medium green |
Aureolineata | up to 80 (sheets) | 180 | 100 to 150 | silvery white | light yellow-green striped |
Citaro | 150 to 200 (sheets) | 200 to 250 | 100 to 120 | white-yellowish | dark green |
Comet | 80 to 150 (including fronds) | 50 to 150 | cremeweiß | grey-green, green-white | |
compact | 100 to 150 (including fronds) | 40 | creamy white to silvery | green | |
Esperanto | 70 to 90 (including fronds) | 100 to 120 | cream yellow to light brown | green with golden yellow leaf margin | |
Avoid | 70 to 150 (including fronds) | 60 to 80 | light yellow, white | grey-green | |
Golden Comet | 80 to 150 (including fronds) | 50 to 150 | cremeweiß | striped golden yellow and green | |
Junior | 80 to 100 (including fronds) | until 50 | creme | green | |
Liliput | 80 to 120 (including fronds) | 100 to 120 | silvery white | grey-green | |
Mini Silver | 75 to 100 (sheets) | 180 | 70 to 100 | rosa | blaugrün |
Patagonia | up to 150 (including Wedel) | until 100 | reddish | green | |
Pink Feather | up to 90 (sheets) | 180 | 100 to 120 | silbrig rosa | grey-green |
Line up | 50 (sheets) | 120 | 100 to 120 | silver/white | dark green to grey-green |
Rendalteri | 200 to 250 (including fronds) | until 100 | pink to violet | green | |
Rosea | up to 90 (sheets) | 200 | until 100 | brownish pink | grey-green |
Rose Plum | 110 to 130 (including fronds) | until 80 | soft pink | green | |
Senior | up to 80 (sheets) | 200 | until 40 | cremeweiß | dark green to grey-green |
Silver Comet | 50 to 150 (including fronds) | 60 to 80 | shimmering white | grey-green with white leaf margins | |
Splendid Star | 100 to 150 (including fronds) | 70 to 100 | cream to beige | variegated green-cream white | |
Sunningdale Silver | up to 90 (sheets) | 200 to 250 | 100 to 120 | silver white | grey-green |
White feather | 90 to 250 (including fronds) | 50 to 80 | silvery white | grey-green |