I’ve always like the “sea oat” looking grass inflorences and the photos of this plant tempted me to start the seeds last year. It is called woodoats and northern sea oats, and is native to the eastern US. My seedlings, though they have flowered a bit, haven’t really put on a good show yet. The plants seem robust, however, and I have some in pots and one clump out in the memory garden. The flower stalks appear in September.
My future plans for these plants are to keep an eye on them and make sure they don’t give signs of invasiveness. I will keep watering and feeding them and hope for them to attain full size–they can get up to three feet tall.