There are 3 upright, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennials from dry slopes and open woodland in hilly and mountainous areas of North America, make up this genus. \u00a0They are grown for their flowers and architectural, grass like foliage. \u00a0Woody, stem like rhizomes produce numerous densely tufted, linear, finely tapered leaves, mid green above and glaucous, blue green beneath, with hard, rough or finely toothed margins. \u00a0The leaves become progressively smaller toward the tips of the unbranched stems, each of which bears dense, terminal raceme of small, starry shaped, white or yellowish white flowers in summer. \u00a0They are suitable for growing in a sunny herbaceous border, in a Mediterranean garden, or in a native plant collection.<\/p>\n
Grow in moderately fertile, humus rich, moist but well drained soil in full sun. \u00a0Where marginally hardy, protect crowns with a dry winter mulch. \u00a0Plants will form colonies if the rhizomes are left undisturbed.<\/p>\n
X. tenax \u2013 Bear Grass <\/b><\/strong>\u2013 This elegant, upright clump forming perennial from Western North America grows 30\u201d tall and wide. \u00a0It produces stiff, linear grassy leaves. To 36\u201d long, mid green above, glaucous, blue green beneath, with rough edges. \u00a0Produces star shaped, white to cream flowers, \u00bc\u201d across, in dense racemes, to 24\u201d long, in summer.<\/p>\n Zones 5-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xerophyllum \u2013 Elk Grass \u2013 There are 3 upright, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennials from dry slopes and open woodland in hilly and mountainous areas of North America, make up this genus. \u00a0They are grown for their flowers and architectural, grass like foliage. \u00a0Woody, stem like rhizomes produce numerous densely tufted, linear, finely tapered leaves, mid green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[49,21,31,20],"product_tag":[75],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251253"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}