Fingerhutia africana is a hardy, delicate-looking tufted grass with quite sparse thin leaves. The flowering stems are held well above the tuft and carry attractive, dense heads of cream-coloured seeds from September to May.
It is pretty planted in amongst flowering plants to add texture and movement or as an element of a grassland garden. The seeds heads also look pretty in a vase. A useful grass for stabilising soil in eroded areas.
Plant in well-drained or gravelly soil. As with all grasses, to keep it healthy, it should be cut back once a year and raked to remove the thatch.
Size: Flowering stem up to 90cm