Description

Add late-season interest to your pond with Dichromena colorata, commonly known as Star Grass. This unique aquatic plant features striking, star-shaped bracts that rise above its grass-like foliage, offering an elegant display of green and white. As the season progresses, these starry blooms continue to stand tall into November, making it a fantastic late-season feature in your garden or water feature.

Once considered a relatively insignificant plant, Star Grass has become a favorite among gardeners for its ability to extend visual interest into the cooler months. Perfect for ponds, water gardens, or moist, boggy areas, its delicate blooms and graceful form bring beauty and texture to the water’s edge.

Features:

• Attractive green and white star-shaped bracts that rise above grass-like foliage
• Continues to bloom and add interest well into November
• Ideal for adding late-season beauty to ponds, water gardens, or wetland areas
• Low-maintenance and resilient, perfect for water-loving gardens
• A fantastic choice for gardeners looking to extend the visual season of their pond or garden

Bring elegance and late-season charm to your pond or water feature with Dichromena colorata – a stunning plant that blooms well into autumn, making it a must-have for any aquatic garden.

Repotting or planting

9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in the pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Care instructions

Little maintenance is required. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy leaving a little material to protect new shoots.

Colour

White

Growth rate

Slow

Flowers

Jul-Nov

Sun/shade

Full sun

Season

Summer, Autumn

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min –Max

40-60

Depth Min-Max

0-5