Tridens stricta Buffalo Feathers Gentiana In late spring

In late spring

was re-discovered in 1993

1" chrysanthemum-esque flowers throughout the summer and into fall

the star of 30 years of trials

we planted several seedlings here at the garden

Tridens stricta Buffalo Feathers Gentiana In late springTridens stricta 'Buffalo Feathers' is a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a superb Wade Roitsch collection of the US native ornamental grass, Tridens stricta. This seldom seen, densely clumping, perennial ornamental grass, grows in prairie and open pineland habitats from New York south to Florida and west to TX and KS. Each 3' wide clump of longspike tridens produces extremely dense florets of millet like panicles in October November on upright