Plant Passport Registration Number: GB147173
Please read our notes before placing the order:
1. The pictures in this listing are examples of the available plant at maturity and do not indicate anything in regard to size of plant at the point of sale.  You will receive an organically produced young plant grown in a 9cm pot for planting immediately or to grow on (pot removed, when possible, to reduce plastic waste)
2. Seasonal difference in plants: Please be aware if you are new to gardening, that the plants we supply are mostly herbaceous perennials and many go dormant in winter. You may receive what looks like an empty pot or piece of root. This will produce new growth in spring.
3. The date the Royal mail label is bought (tracking number added as sent against your orders) is the date your order is lined up for picking.  It is likely to be put into the post a couple of days later. 
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Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Common Names: feather reed-grass 'Karl Foerster', Calamagrostis 'Stricta'.See also Calamagrostis 'Waldenbuch' which we have not yet trialled in the garden but seems suitable as a slightly shorter growing substitute.
'Karl Foerster' is a clump-forming upright deciduous perennial selection with flat  leaves and pinky bronze flowering panicles that fade to pale buiscuit.
Easy to grow in any well drained soils in full sun or partial shade. Cut down stems in the spring before new growth starts This is one of the most valuable of plants, giving us not only elegance of form but also movement (the stems sway in the wind) through most of the year as they do not quickly collapse as do many grasses.A joy summer and winter.If the height is not accommodatable try the subtly variegated variety 'Overdam',about a foot shorter.
Plant in a row to make a diaphanous screen/hedge.Cut to ground level in spring before new growth emerges.  
Foliage: deciduous
Height: 120 - 190 cm  in 2 to 5 years
Spread: 20 - 50 cm