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Briza media, commonly known as quaking grass, is a tactile, semi-evergreen ornamental grass that adds essential movement and soothing sound to a garden design. It forms a neat, highly disciplined basal tuft and pushes up delicate, purplish-green spikelets that dance in the slightest breeze before slowly fading to a stunning, architectural golden straw. It is a brilliant, non-aggressive clumper that holds its visual value for months.

This rugged grass is exceptionally accommodating, happily tolerating both full, baking sun and partial, dappled shade, provided the ground drains well. It actively thrives in poor, chalky, or stony soil and rarely needs supplemental watering once established. You must never take harsh pruning shears to the crown; simply comb your fingers through the tuft in early spring to pull away the dead, brown winter blades and let the fresh green growth push through.

Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.