Description
Scientific name: Schizachyrium scoparium
Range: Upper Peninsula
Light: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Soil: Clay-Loam, Sand
Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry, Dry
Benefits: Birds, Host Plant, Deer Resistant
Height: 2′ to 3′
Blooms: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Color: Green, Blue, Red
Spacing: 1′
Root: Fibrous
One of our most attractive ornamental grasses, it sports attractive blue-green foliage that turns a striking burgundy red in fall, with stems topped by pale, silvery seed heads. Like most native grasses, it appears impervious to insects and deer.
