USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Ornamental Grass

Flower Color:  White

Flower Size:  Small in thin vertical seed heads

Flowering Period:  Summer through Fall

Bloom Type:  Plume

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color:  Blue-Green in Spring and Summer and developing Pink and Red hues later in Summer into fall

Fragrant Foliage:  No 

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  NA

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Birds

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Dry Soil, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, Rocky Soil

Discovered in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the 'Black Mountain' Bluestem Grass is more compact and refined than the species staying at or under 3 feet in height, making it ideal for use in smaller gardens and containers. Its sturdy stems are blue green in spring and summer developing pink and red hues in late summer into fall and turning dark brown in winter. Late summer brings shimmering white flower tufts that persist into winter contrasting beautifully with the dark foliage. Thriving in poor soils and with exceptional drought tolerance, Black Mountain is a super-tough and attractive ornamental grass anyone can grow!

Black Mountain Bluestem Grass is exceptionally easy to grow in dry to moist but well-drained soil of average to poor fertility in full to mostly sun. It tolerates a wide range of soil types ranging from clay to rocky and sandy soils. Excellent drought tolerance when established. Cut plants back to just above the ground in late winter or early spring before new growth appears.