Growing guide · Grasses
Schizachyrium scoparium
How to grow Little Bluestem.
Turns copper in fall. Show-off.
Size2–3 ft tall
ShowCopper in fall, standing all winter
Lightfull
Zones3–9
Good atDeer-resistant, Pollinators, Drought, Native
PetsKeep away from nibblers
Prairie in a pot.
Blue-green all summer, copper and wine in fall, and upright through winter snow. It is the grass that made native gardens look good.
Care
Why we stock it: Four seasons of interest from a plant that costs less than lunch.