Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans) – 1 Gallon Pot

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One of the most attractive native ornamental grasses, ‘Indian Steel’ Blue Prairie Grass is a stately selection sporting a clump of steel-blue blades from which rise distinctively vertical stems topped with feathery, bronze-colored panicles. What’s really unusual is that this ornamental grass actually does produce what is considered a flower. The plumes have cute little bright yellow pollen sacs that stand out in the dark seed heads. The foliage might go to 3 feet in height while the flowers can soar up to 6 feet. Exceptionally low-maintenance and adaptive, Indian Steel will thrive in hot or cold climates and heavy clay to shallow, dry rocky soils, provided the soil is well drained. It prefers and will take all the sun you can give it. Provides excellent cover year round for birds and mammals and the seeds are a delight to songbirds in fall and winter. Deer won’t touch it.

A very versatile grass, Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass is great for containers or as an accent, in groupings or natural hedge in the landscape. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens, rock gardens, bird gardens, yellow theme gardens, bird gardens, native gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Spacing:  30 inches apart for mass plantings; 6 feet or more for space between plants

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