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Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Goldtau'
Also called golden dew
Deschampsia Goldtau Grass blooms from July through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 24 in wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
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No toxicity note is on file for Deschampsia Goldtau Grass. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
Plant Deschampsia Goldtau Grass in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Deschampsia Goldtau Grass get?
20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Deschampsia Goldtau Grass in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Deschampsia Goldtau Grass about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Deschampsia Goldtau Grass to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Deschampsia Goldtau Grass' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 20, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Pleasant Run Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- hoffmannursery.comHoffman Nurseryheight, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- horsfordnursery.comHorsford Gardens and Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- plantsearch.extension.umn.eduUniversity of Minnesota Extension, Plant Elements of Designheight, spread and hardiness zones
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight and bloom months and color
- Missouri Botanical Gardensun and water
- NC State Extensionsun and trait tags
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
Where it grows wild
A garden form of Deschampsia cespitosa
Its wild parent is native to 34 states and 14 provinces.
United States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and 22 more
Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon and 2 more
Also grows wild, but is not native, in Hawaii.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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