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Marsh Sand Cordgrass (Spartina Bakeri) - 1 Gallon Pot

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Marsh Sand Cordgrass (Spartina Bakeri) – 1 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $31.97.Current price is: $22.38.

SKU: D2LSC 1715904465 Category: NATIVE PLANTS

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Sand Cordgrass

Spartina bakeri

Other Common Names: Marsh Sand Grass, Bunch Cordgrass, Marsh Grass

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 8a-11 Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Ornamental Grass

Height at Maturity: 3 to 4′

Width at Maturity: 4 to 5′
Spacing: 4.5′ for mass plantings, 7′ or more for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Clumping, Grassy, Upright, Vertical, Narrow

Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast

Flower Color: Tan

Flower Size: Small

Flowering Period: Late Summer thru Early Fall

Flower Type: Feathery Clusters

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green in Summer and Brown in Winter

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, minimum of 6 hours sun per day

Water Needs: Average to Low

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist to Wet or even Dry!

Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, Wet Soil, Dry Soil, Drought Tolerant

Special Attributes

A beautiful and highly adaptive plant that will grow in wet or dry soil and is highly salt tolerant, Sand Cordgrass is a fast-growing North American native ornamental grass that grows in an upright urn shape up to around 5 feet tall. Its very thin, wire-like leaves provide fine texture in the landscape. Although it is native to the edges of lakes, canals and streams, it is also found in dry, sandy soil, making it quite a versatile grass for different situations, even on the beach. Sand Cordgrass is a favorite of golf course landscape designers who use it heavily in the transition areas from wet to dry. Excellent along the shoreline of ponds and streams and is exquisite when backlit by the sun or night lighting.

Landscape & Garden Uses

A very versatile grass, Marsh Sand Cordgrass is great for containers or as an accent, in groupings or natural hedge or border in the landscape. Striking when planted in a mass. It also is perfect for use on the shorelines of the beach, ponds and lakes and for planting in and around water retention and detention areas because of its tolerance for wet soil. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens, bog gardens, seaside gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs.).

Spacing: 4 to 5 feet apart for mass plantings; 8 feet or more for space between plants

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Growing Preferences

A North American native grass, Sand Cordgrass is very easy to grow in a wide range of soil from clay to sandy, and salty and wet or dry soils. It performs its best in full sun but will tolerate some light shade…but not too much or plants might become floppy. We suggest 7 hours of sunlight per day. Maintenance is minimal. If foliage browns during winter you can cut it back to the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.

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