Product Description
Lovely seed selection with blue-gray leaves, white fluffy seeds and great rosy-orange fall/winter color
Stays upright usually for most of the winter, and should be burned or cut back at the end of winter or early spring. Little blue stem is great native grass for public spaces, borders, modern stylish plantings, wild gardens, meadows or prairie-like landscaping. The best, if planted in groups or masses. For uniform look, choose some of the vegetative propagated varieties. Native grasses look very well combined with other grasses or combined with big flowers of Echinacea, Rudbeckias or Heleniums. Native Americans used to dry leaves for winter insulation for their moccasins.
Warm season grass = develops in the warm season.
Blooming time: June–July.
Size: usually within 3’ high x 2’ wide.
USDA zones : 3 to 9
Culture: Sun to half sun, adaptable to many soils including drier or clay soil or very shallow or sandy soil. It will grow in any site except wet or extremely acidic soils or in deep shade. Does well in heat and humidity.
Moisture Needs : average, medium to medium-dry
Origin: from Alberta to Quebec south to Arizona and Florida. It naturally occurs in prairies, clearings, hills, limestone glades, roadsides, waste areas and open woods.
Deer/rabbit resistant : yes/yes (but young leaves can be grazed by deer).
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : it hosts caterpillars of at least 6 species of skippers. The seed provide food to a variety of small songbirds.
Attracts Hummingbirds : no
Pot Size: 3.5" perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Picture copyright : Jelitto
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Beautiful
I'm looking forward to growing this.