Plant of the Day

Saturday 27 November 2021

From the dense clumps of Eragrostis curvula (African love grass, weeping love grass) rise these delicate arching panicles of grey-green spikelets. This deciduous perennial grass starts flowering in the summer but continues to provide a display into the winter. The plant requires a moist but well–drained soil in full sun.

Plant of the Day

Sunday 8 November 2020

In autumn the grass border of the Order Beds in Cambridge Botanic Gardens Botanic are a range of interesting textures, including the delicate curved stems of the inflorescences of Eragrostis curvula (African love grass, weeping love grass). This clump forming deciduous perennial needs a sunny, open site.

Plant of the Day

Saturday 23 November 2019

Borders featuring grasses tend to look great at this time of year before storms flatten some of the species. Here the fine, deciduous foliage and airy, curved inflorescences of Eragrostis curvula (African love grass, weeping love grass) had faded to a pale beige making a soft foreground to this collection in the Systematic Beds at Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK.