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Little Bluestem
June 17, 2008


Plant name:
Little Bluestem

Botanical name: Schizachyrium scoparium

Suggested by: Neil Diboll, Prairie Nursery

Virtues: A patch of Little Bluestem waving in the wind is truly a wondrous sight. It resembles ocean waves. Excels in dry, sandy soils.

Foliage: Blue-green foliage that turns a striking crimson in autumn.

Habit:
Forms clumps 

Season: All year

Companions: Native prairie flowers