Dactylis \u2018Elegantissima\u2019 – Cocksfoot – Orchard Grass – grows 6″ tall when in flowers and 10″ wide. It is a densely tufted, clump forming, perennial grass with variegated leaves, to 6″ long. Fluffy, pale green spikelets in one sided panicles, 2″ long, are borne on stems 10″ long, throughout summer. Remove shoots that revert to the green form.<\/p>\n

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Dactylis – Cocksfoot – Orchard Grass –
\nThere are 2 species of evergreen, coarse perennial grasses, in this genus. They occur in open grassland in Europe, Northern Africa, and temperate Asia. They have linear leaves and one-sided panicles of compressed, pale green spikelets. D. glomerata \u2018Variegata\u2019 looks best at the front of a border or in a rock garden. They are one of the more notorious hayfewer grasses when flowering in spring.
\nPlant in fertile, moist, well drained soil in sun or partial shade.. Divide in early and mid spring or in early autumn. They respond vigorously to fertilizer.
\nProne to several leaf diseases.<\/p>\n

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