Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Floret’s farm This variety is also fine

This variety is also fine in a well-chosen large pot

Once established Knautia are quite drought tolerant

Photographs and illustrations on each spread complement the helpful tips

They are on strong stakes to push into the garden

The mosaic of colours in each flower make it a particularly good flower to use in bouquets and floral work

Imperata cylindrica | Red Baron | Blood Grass Floret’s farm This variety is also fineA striking grass that has stunning appeal in the garden. It is a winter dormant plant but come spring it pops up with bright green blades of grass like foliage that turn cranberry red in summer and progresses to a dark burgundy colour by autumn before going dormant again in winter. Blood Grass as it is also known will easily and reasonably quickly form a dense clump of around 40cm in height and by about the same in width and spreads by underground