Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: little bluestem
Native Range:
Zone: 3 to 9
Plant type & Form: Eastern North America
Height: 2.00 to 4.00 feet
Spread: 1.50 to 2.00 feet
Bloom Time: August to February
Bloom Description: Purplish bronze
Flower: Purplish-bronze flowers appear in 3” long racemes on branched stems rising above the foliage in August. Flowers are followed by clusters of fluffy, silvery-white seed heads which are attractive and often persist into winter
Leaf: upright clumps of slender, flat, linear green leaves (to 1/4“ wide), with each leaf having a tinge of blue at the base.
Sun: Full
Water: Dry to medium
Soil type & pH: Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. Tolerates clay soils and occasional inundation. Performs well in poor soils.
Maintenance: Low
Suggested Use: Rain Garden
Tolerates: Deer, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution
Notes: Many consider the most outstanding ornamental feature of this grass to be its bronze-orange fall foliage color.
Identification notes: Look for wispy white seeds
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