Mazeltov!

I was just reading about it on perennials.com, and for some reason didn't connect your name.

I want one, or three!

Hey grass_guy...how 'bout it?

Congratulations: that's fantastic! I'll be looking for it.

Congratulations! If I see it, I will tell you where I am planting because I am sure to be buying it :) It is gorgeous!

Chris

Thanks for that Chris - I will be happy to hear when it finally hits the nurseries. Of course a lot of the grasses don't get into 'selling condition' quite as fast as other perennials. I can give you one hint - look for it in a blue pot .....
It has taken such a long time to get the plant to this point - I won't believe it is being marketed until one of you actually sees it out there.
Holding my breath.... :o)
Achnatherum

Any chance of it getting over to the UK ?

bluespruce,
Good question - I will certainly ask for you...
I did take a piece to a friend in ireland a number of years ago. I wanted her to trial it for me. Unfortunately, she has since sold the garden & nursery so I don't know what happened to the grass.

A.

How would you say it differs from 'Ruby Ribbons'?

Good question Steve - I haven't seen Ruby ribbons 'in the flesh' so, I couldn't tell you. I will certainly look out for it in the local nurseries & check it out myself. I'm sure the growers grew a comparison plant of ruby ribbons while they were evaluating Blood Brother's. I'll have to ask them what they thought....

A.

I'm pretty sure that I saw it at a nursery in the Guelph-Kitchener area a couple of days ago. The name caught my atttention, when I saw your post. I was at three diferent nurseries that day, so I can't say for sure where I saw it.

I've had a few reports off the forum that Blood Brothers has indeed arrived in nurseries in Ontario anyway. That's a beginning!
Steve, they are growing ruby ribbons & b. brother side by side (since last summer) & will have a better idea of how they compare by the end of this summer.
Blue Spruce - re: available in the UK - they say that might be a possibility but it won't happen this year.
Thanks to all for your kind comments!
a.

I've had a few reports off the forum that Blood Brothers has indeed arrived in nurseries in Ontario anyway. That's a beginning!
Steve, they are growing ruby ribbons & b. brother side by side (since last summer) & will have a better idea of how they compare by the end of this summer.
Blue Spruce - re: available in the UK - they say that might be a possibility but it won't happen this year.
Thanks to all for your kind comments!
a.

I see that these were messages from last season -- I'm looking for nursery distribution in the US and haven't found anything by online searching. Does anyone know a nursery which will ship to the US? Canning no longer does. Thanks!