(little bluestem)
Category: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Height: 24 – 36 inches
Spread: 365 inches
Location: Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
excellent drought-tolerant plant; will flop in shade or too much moisture; cut back by half in late spring to reduce flopping; spreads by seed to form dense stands
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium or Dry
This plant prefers Sand or Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
clump-forming warm-season native grass; upright to somewhat vase-shaped
Foliage
narrow, thin blue-green to gray-green leaves; excellent orange, red, gold, or tan fall color; medium-fine texture
Flowers
reddish racemes at ends of slender peduncles; September; seed heads fluffy, white, and curled; remain through winter months