Stipa tenuissima (Syn. Nassella tenuissima) (Mexican Feather Grass). Today’s highly textural and tactile #oneadayplant . If there ever was a grass with the potential to becoming hated from overexposure, this is it! Very popular with Garden Designers in particular and understandably so. Smaller in stature than many other grasses (60cm (2’) tall); texturally a delight, soft and free-moving. Fresh green when young ageing to an oaty colour when flowering (as pictured). . It does self-seed quite freely, which some love and others hate. I really rate it very highly as a blending plant, joining foliage from other plants together and as a foil for flower, especially from bulbs. It is a shame that there aren’t a great many of alternative grasses capable of doing the same job as I would hate to think that this plant became a victim of its own success. . It has relatively low wildlife value, though I have seen birds collecting the seeedhead topped stems and using them to build nests. . #grasses #nassella #nassellatenuissima #stipa #stipatenuissima #grass #plants #garden #oaty #green #seedheads #birds #nest #seeds #plantingdesign #gardendesign #texture #plantarchitecture #architecture #gardendesign #popularplant #easytogrow #selfseeded #gardening #gardeningadvice #gardeningtips #bulbs #herbaceous #roses #shrubs (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDdvMyoAJN7/?igshid=146hiomjrktft