Little Bluestem

COMMON NAME: Little Bluestem

BOTANICAL NAME: Schizachyrium scoparium, Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash

Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul, Poaceae (Grass Family)

PLANT TYPE: PERENNIAL

SUN EXPOSURE: Sun/Part Shade

BLOOM TIME: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec

AVERAGE SIZE: 7'

COLD HARDINESS: USDA Zone 

DESCRIPTION: Little Bluestem is a very ornamental bunchgrass with fine-textured foliage that forms very dense mounds 18-24 inches tall. Slender blue-green stems often reach 5 feet, or more, by September, and become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Color remains nearly all winter. Perennial clumps grow up to a foot in diameter.

 Available in 4.5" and 1 gallon pots.