Prairie Dropseed is a clump-forming native grass w with fine hair-like arching medium green foliage that turns shades of bronze and orange in fall before fading to light bronze for winter. Open branching panicles grow above the foliage with fragrant pink and brown flowers in summer and drop in fall. Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils. Drought tolerant.
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Type:
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Orn. Grass
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Origins:
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Midwest and NE N. America
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Height:
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2’-3'
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Spread:
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2'-3'
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Spacing:
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2’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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3-9
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Culture:
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Full Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Pink
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Season of Interest:
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Summer, Fall
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape, Native Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Allium, Tickseed, Phlox
Image: User:BotBln, Sporobolus heterolepis WisconsinStrain BotGardBln07122011C, CC BY-SA 3.0
