Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

pampas grass 'Pumila' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Grasses & Sedges

Plants > Grasses & Sedges

pampas grass 'Pumila'

Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila'

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Cortaderia
Family: Poaceae

About this plant

'Pumila' is a perennial, evergreen grass forming a compact clump of narrow, arching dark green leaves to 45cm in length. Silky creamy-white plumes are freely borne on stems to 1.2m in height in late summer

Growing Information

Height

1-1.5 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun, with ample space to develop into a specimen. Protect crowns of young plants in their first winter

Pruning

Cut and comb out the previous year's stems and dead foliage annually in late winter or early spring, taking care to avoid the sharp leaf margins

Propagation

Propagate by division in spring

Pests

Generally pest free

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

City CourtyardCottage InformalRock GardenFlower BordersGround CoverHedging Screens

Planting Places

IndoorOutdoor

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

1-1.5 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Floating

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years