ID for a grass please!

madpenguin

madpenguin Posts: 2,523

June 2019 in Plants

Bought this grass at a Summer fete yesterday (£1).
Lovely and graceful with purple seed heads.
Can anyone give it a name please?

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Ceres Posts: 2,517

June 2019

It looks like melica altissima. It self seeds happily.

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Papi Jo Posts: 3,991

June 2019

More specifically Melica altissima 'Atropurpurea' see https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1270

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madpenguin Posts: 2,523

June 2019

Thank you.
That looks like a nice one!

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