Briza media

Also Known As

Common Quaking Grass
Quaking Grass

Plant type

perennial, grass / grass like

size

H: 12"-18"
W: 24"

planting zones

4a-10b

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Briza media plant details

Briza media is an evergreen perennial grass (or grassy in appearance) with green foliage. In summer tan flowers emerge. Features grassy texture. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Does well in lean and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Briza media

Plant type: perennial grass (or grassy in appearance)
Plant family: poaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 24 IN wide, 12 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: tan blooms in summer
Uses: container plant, cutting garden, dried-arrangements, edging plant

GROWING CONDITIONS for Briza media

USDA Zones: 4a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: lean and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

?Excellent for drying and dyeing? (Meyer), the flowers of this small grass rise on 2' stalks from grassy basal tufts. S/M/GDr

By: Forestfarm

Creeping, warm season ornamental grass which features a clump of narrow, erect, green leaves. Tiny, greenish flowers appear in spring in loose, airy panicles atop stems rising well above the foliage clump. Flowers give way to flattened hop-like, purplish-maturing-to-tan seed heads which dangle on thread-like stems and quiver in the slightest breeze, thus giving rise to the common name.

By: Garden World

People delight in this Mediterranean native, and its playfully noisy nature has earned it amusing names like cowquakes, didder and dillies; it earns

By: Digging Dog Nursery

An easy, dependable, all purpose perennial grass that can be used as single specimen or as a beautiful unusual foreground plant. Growing 12-18” tall, it forms dense clumps & bears small heart-shaped florets that emerge an iridescent green from April thru June & turn golden with maturity where they look like little fairy lanterns or the end of rattlesnake tails. The intriguing flower can be added to fresh or dried flower arrangements.