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Giant wildrye

Leymus condensatus

Also called Giant Ryegrass, Giant Wild Rye

Giant wildrye
Photo: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain

Giant wildrye is a large, clump-forming perennial grass native to California and northern Mexico, known for its silvery blue-green foliage that stays green all year. It is best grown in full sun with sharp drainage, and it tolerates drought once established.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy or rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to warm temperate climates; tolerates heat and drought, cold limit around -15 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
California to N. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Leymus condensatus, the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.

Other Leymus plants

Sand ryegrass · Wildrye

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leymus condensatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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