Grass, Side Oats Gramma

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  • 1010770
$34.99
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Sideoats Grama is a small clump-forming native perennial ornamental grass noted for its oat-like seed spikes hang from one side of its stems. The narrow blue-grey leaf blades turn golden brown in fall, and may sometimes gain a red-orange hue.  Small purple-tinged flowers rise on stems in summer which fades to tan as they mature.  Sideoats Grama prefers well-drained soils in full sun.  Drought Tolerant.

Type: 

Orn. Grass, Perennial

Origins:

from N. to S. America; GA Native

Height: 

1’ - 2.5’ 

Spread: 

1.5’ - 2’

Spacing: 

1.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Tolerant of most soils, except wet ones.  Cut to the ground in winter.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Prairie or Meadows, Xeriscape Gardens,  Mass Plantings, Naturalized Areas, Native Garden, Turf Grass

COMPANION PLANTS: Yucca, Aster, Lavender

IMAGES: ErutuonBouteloua curtipendula closeup of spikes in bloomCC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Krzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizBouteloua curtipendula kz03CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, Bouteloua curtipendula (3903449523)CC BY-SA 2.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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