Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Floret’s farm This is just gorgeous

This is just gorgeous

Once established Knautia are quite drought tolerant

The plant is actually named after the plantswoman Peachie Saxton from Mississippi who discovered it

A must for lovers of bees and butterflies as the flat umbels of flowers really attract pollinators to your garden

They are on strong stakes to push into the garden

Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Floret’s farm This is just gorgeousA striking grass that has stunning appeal in the garden. It is a winter dormant plant but come spring it pops up with bright green blades of grass like foliage that turn cranberry red in summer and progresses to a dark burgundy colour by autumn before going dormant again in winter. Blood Grass as it is also known will easily and reasonably quickly form a dense clump of around 40cm in height and by about the same in width and spreads by underground