There are 6 species of deciduous loosely tufted perennial grasses from meadows and grassland in Europe, Northern Africa, and Northern and Western Asia in this genus. \u00a0Most are considered weeds and unattractive coarse foliage. \u00a0Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. \u2018Variegatum\u2019 is the sole species grown and used as a groundcover or in front of a border.<\/p>\n
This easily grown species just needs well-drained fertile soil in full sun or partial shade. \u00a0Cut down to the ground in mid summer, a second flush of leaves will follow as days and nights cool. \u00a0Divide in spring every third year.<\/p>\n
Prone to Cercosporidium leaf streak, rust, ergot,<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and anthracnose.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. Bulbous \u2018Variegatum\u2019 \u2013 Bulbous Oat Grass<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This loosely tufted perennial from Europe grows to 12\u201d tall and in breadth. \u00a0\u00a0They produce small usually pear shaped \u201cbulbs\u201d, \u00bd\u201d wide that support linear, gray-green leaves to 10\u201d long with a white striped edges. \u00a0From midsummer to early autumn it bears narrow silvery green panicles 8-12\u201d long with an open oat-like spikelets.<\/p>\n Zones 4-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arrhenatherum \u2013 Oat Grass There are 6 species of deciduous loosely tufted perennial grasses from meadows and grassland in Europe, Northern Africa, and Northern and Western Asia in this genus. \u00a0Most are considered weeds and unattractive coarse foliage. \u00a0Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. \u2018Variegatum\u2019 is the sole species grown and used as a groundcover or in front […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[18,21,71,41,28,16,20],"product_tag":[],"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-160251862"},"_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\/3441"}],"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=3441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}