About This Plant
This is a great plant for home landscapes and wildlife. An iconic, warm season grass, it serves as a host plant for several species of butterflies and moths, and other insects and birds will eat its leaves or seed. Queen bumblebees will overwinter at the base of it. It has a blue-green color in the summer, and then it is shades of copper and red after the frost, adding striking winter interest to landscapes.
Plant Details
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Benefits
- Wildlife Benefits
Plant Facts
In addition to its beautiful blue-green leaves, Little Bluestem produces purplish-bronze flowers in 3″ long racemes that rise above the foliage in late summer
Alternate Names
Blue Stem, Broom Beard Grass, Broom Grass, Bunchgrass, Prairie Grass, Wire Grass, Prairie Beardgrass
