{"id":15926,"date":"2026-03-19T12:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=15926"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:29:39","slug":"a-look-at-pampas-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2026\/03\/19\/a-look-at-pampas-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look At Pampas Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana<\/em>) is a tough, tall-growing grass that forms dense, substantial clumps (tussocks) featuring arching, finely serrated, narrow green leaves that are topped in fall by huge, feathery, silvery white plumes. First introduced into the U. S. in 1848, this giant ornamental grass is indigenous to southern South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been a popular ornamental grass in southern and western parts of the U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 7-11). \u00a0Pampas grass forms a dense grassy mound, 6-12 feet tall (includes the plume) and 6-10 feet wide.\u00a0Blades are slim and weeping that\u00a0can easily reach over a yard (3 feet) or more\u00a0in length. The showiest part of this grass is the tall silvery-white, feather-like\u00a0inflorescences (plumes) which are\u00a0soft to the touch and are an accent feature that stand tall in the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cortaderia selloana<\/em> ‘Aureolineata’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Locate clumps on garden sites capturing 6 or more hours of direct sunlight daily. This aggressive warm season grass is tolerant to a wide range of soils, coastal and sandy conditions,\u00a0and is highly salt tolerant. Pampas grass is also exceptionally drought tolerant. It is planted at the beach, city parks or in your neighbor’s yard. The big feathery plumes sway with a passing breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cutback tussocks in early spring. Use a good pair of lopper shears and wear protective clothing for bodily safety to prevent cuts and scratches from the sharp grass blades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pampas grass has no serious insect or disease problems and\u00a0is highly resistant to deer grazing. It may invasively self-seed in locales with warm winters. Pampas grass varieties are generally sold at full-service garden centers in zones 7-11 as well as e-commerce nurseries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its large flower plumes are use in dried arrangements. Silvery white plumes (sometimes with traces of pink) are more impressive on female plants than on male plants. A few of the varieties currently available include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Gold Band\u2019- compact, 4-6 feet tall, with gold-edged blades<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Pumila\u2019- dwarf variety, 4\u20135 feet in height. Variable yellow, white, or ivory plumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Rosea\u2019 \u2013 called pink pampas for its pink plumes, 7-8 feet tall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018White Stripe\u2019- lovely, variegated foliage but not as showy in flower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Aureolineata’- grows 4-6 ft tall and wide; leaf edges with gold bands (zones 8-10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trade show display of new dwarf (2 ft. tall) variety named Tiny Pampa\u2122<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) is a tough, tall-growing grass that forms dense, substantial clumps (tussocks) featuring arching, finely serrated, narrow green leaves that are topped in fall by huge, feathery, silvery white plumes. First introduced into the U. S. in 1848, this giant ornamental grass is indigenous to southern South America. It has been a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,1498,645,674,806,1357,1138,853,1571,688,1165,625,843,812,729,777,630,646,1,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15933,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15926\/revisions\/15933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}