Description

Eriophorum scheuchzeri, commonly known as White Cotton Grass, is a beautiful and delicate plant that thrives in marshes and wet meadows. Characterized by its graceful, tufted white flower heads that resemble soft cotton, this plant adds a soft, airy texture to wetland environments. Often found lining the edges of standing water bodies, White Cotton Grass brings both visual beauty and natural charm to water gardens, ponds, and marshy landscapes.

Its slender, grass-like leaves and iconic fluffy white blooms make it a perfect choice for creating contrast and interest along the edges of water features or in bog gardens. Thriving in damp, acidic soils, it’s a low-maintenance plant that adds elegance to naturalized or wild spaces, making it a perfect addition to any water garden or aquatic setting.

Features:

• Soft, tufted white flower heads resembling cotton
• Thrives in marshes, wet meadows, and along standing water bodies
• Perfect for adding delicate texture and elegance to water gardens and ponds
• Grows well in damp, acidic soils, making it ideal for naturalized garden spaces
• Adds visual interest and softness to wetland environments

Enhance your water garden or wetland space with Eriophorum scheuchzeri for a beautiful, soft, and airy cotton grass that thrives along the edges of your pond or marshy 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, plants over 60cm height growth will benefit from repotting into a larger mesh basket or should be planted in gravel to prevent them from falling over. 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

Leave old growth standing through winter. Cut down in spring when new shoots have grown to about 15cm high.

Colour

White

Growth rate

slow

Flowers

Jun- Sept

Sun/shade

Full sun to part shade

Native

Season

Spring-Summer

Measurements in centimetres

Height Min -Max

30-50

Depth Min-Max

0-20