20 RED Spire MELIC GRASS Purple Melica Transsilvanica Flower Seeds

Description:
Name: Red Spire Melic Grass
Other common names: Purple Melic Grass / Melica
Scientific name: Melica Transsilvanica ‘Red Spire’
Color: Dark Red Spikes
Plant seeds: When soil temperature warms to 70F
Bloom time: Mid Summer – Mid Fall / Seed heads through winter
Hardiness zone: 4 – 8
Plant height: 40″
Plant spacing: 40″
Light requirements: Sun – Part Shade
Soil & water preferences: Average
Quantity: 20 Seeds
Other: Red Spire Melic Grass is very ornamental, with long green grass-like leaves that turn red to purple in the fall. They are both deer resistant and very tolerant of pollution, and can grow happily in containers. Birds and other small critters enjoy eating the seeds in the fall. They also make a great cut or dried grass or flower.