Description · Read The Land · Planting Tips · At home on the range or in your yard. This beautiful blue-green bunch grass turns red-bronze after frost with fluffy, silver-white seeds. Grows 2 to 3 feet at maturity with the seedhead adding another 1 to 2 feet in height. Roots reach 5 to 8 feet deep. Grows on soils of sand, loam, clay or caliche. It grows with Big Bluestem in deep soils of the Oakwoods & Prairies; with Indiangrass/Sideoats on the Edwards Plateau and Rolling Plains; and with the paspalums on the Coastal Prairie. Is found throughout the southern and central US, and provides excell

Little Bluestem is a warm-season perennial bunch grass native to North America. It grows 24 to 72 inches high and changes color throughout the year from blue-green in the spring  to reddish-brown in the fall. Little bluestem requires full to partial sun and prefers well drained soils though it will tolerate most soil types. Little bluestem is considered a highly desirable tall grass and is commonly referred to as one of the big four prairie grasses along with switchgrass, indiangrass, and big bluestem. It has medium grazing value with its best grazing typically occurring from March to

Schizachyrium scoparium Schizachyrium scoparium, affectionately known as little bluestem, beautifully graces prairies, fields, clearings, hills, limestone meadows, roadsides, waste areas, and open woods stretching from Alberta to Quebec to Arizona and Florida. Once a key player among the grasses of the tallgrass prairie region, it thrived on the rich and fertile soils found in many parts of central North America. This lovely grass usually reaches a height of 2-4 feet (sometimes up to 5 feet) and showcases upright clumps of slender, flat, linear green leaves, each with a charming hint of blue

Central Texas Little Bluestem Grass Mix Shade-tolerant. Thrives in acidic, well-drained sandy soils common to the Pinewoods. Adapted to annual rainfall of 35 to 60". Comprises the historic understory of mature pine forests and savannah grasslands. Plant this Little Bluestem in the Pinewoods to help restore habitat for many species of breeding birds, including red-cockaded woodpeckers, pine warblers, and boatman's sparrows. Individual plants vary from red-green to chalky blue. covers 200 sq ft Height: 2’-3’Spread: 1’-2’Bloom: June - DecLight: Full Sun, Part SunWater: Low, MediumZone: 4, 5, 6, 7

Little Bluestem is a lovely, graceful, medium size Texas native grass. It is drought tolerant and adaptable but will not tolerate wetlands or poor drainage. It reseeds easily. Little bluestem height ranges from one to three or four feet. It shows a range of color, from green to silvery blue to bronze, depending on the season.  Once established it is drought tolerant and attractive all year round. Little Bluestem provides cover, food and nesting materials for birds and small mammals.  It looks absolutely stunning planted en masse, in random patches, as an accent or in groupings. It is a must-ha