Little Bluestem — Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is one of the finest and most ecologically valuable native ornamental grasses in the American landscape — a four-season beauty that transitions from blue-green summer foliage to stunning bronze-orange fall color, topped with feathery silver-white seed heads that catch the winter light and persist through the cold months. A true North American native and Georgia native, Little Bluestem is also a critically important wildlife plant — serving as a larval host plant for six different skipper butterfly species (Ottoe, Indian, Crossline, Dusted, Cobweb, and Dixie skippers) and providing valuable seeds for small birds throughout winter. Drought-tolerant once established, it thrives in full sun with well-drained soils and needs almost no care beyond a single cut-back to the ground in late winter. Hardy to Zone 3.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Cut to ground in late winter or early spring. Drought-tolerant once established.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Tickseed, Joe-Pye Weed, Sea Holly

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