Friday, October 2, 2009

Schizachyrium Scoparium: Little Bluestem




Schizachyrium scoparium or Little Bluestem is a native grass that thrives in the Kansas City area. The clumping grass reaches an average height of 36" and a width of 18". It is beautiful en masse and is tolerant of a wide variety of soils. The blue-green leaves are topped with purplish blooms in the early Fall. The plant maintains an amazing reddish-tan hue throughout the Winter as the blooms give way to white fluffy seed heads. Wildlife like this plant and it can be used as erosion control.

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