Schizachyrium scoparium (Poaceae)

Little bluestem,   prairie beard grass

Native to prairies and open woods, dry fields and hills from Quebec and Maine to Alberta and Idaho, south to Arizona and Florida. Originally one of the most characteristic grasses of the American tall grass prairie, wide ranging and tolerant of moisture conditions varying from average to extremely dry, and able to grow on both acid and alkaline soils. Strictly clump-forming, it is fine-textured but not particularly little. Effective when planted in drifts.
Ht. 60cm - 1.2m. Very hardy


Price
  9cm pot       £3.00