
Photo: Adrian Tync · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
silver, chestnut
What actually matters with this one
Grown for the sound, not the shape — the flattened leaf stalks make it rustle in the faintest breeze.
How to grow it
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- Even moisture
- Hardiness
- Zones 2-6
- Height
- 15-25 m
- Flowers
- March
- Difficulty
- easy
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



