FAKAHATCHEE GRASS

Tripsacum dactyloides

4 to 6 feet

Fast rate of growth

Full sun to partial shade

Prefers rich, damp, well-drained soil

Although fair salt and excellent drought tolerance

Zones 4 to 11

Perennial, dense, ornamental, large, clump-forming grass that spreads by underground stems;

with attractive flower spikes at the top of tall, nodding stems.

Evergreen in South Florida.

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