Luzula
Luzula nivea
Happy in dry shade, where most grasses sulk — it seeds about gently and asks for nothing else.
Light Full shade through to partial shade.
Water Needs little water once established.
Height 40 cm
Spread 11.8 in
Spacing 30 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 11.8 in
- In-row spacing
- 11.8 in
- Between rows
- 15 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Grass · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full shade through to partial shade.
- Watering
- Needs little water once established.
- Feeding
- Minimal feeding required.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- May
- Pruning
- Comb the dead leaves out in late winter.
- Overwintering
- Hardy enough to leave out through winter, unprotected.
Through the year
- Mar–May Spring Growth
- May–Aug Flowering
- Aug–Dec Growing
- Dec–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Mar Leaf Fall
Pests & problems
- Old foliage looks tatty by late winter — comb the dead leaves out.
- Very few pests or diseases bother this plant.
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