Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans) - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans) - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

$95.99
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 Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans) - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass (Sorghastrum Nutans) - 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots

$95.99
Sale price  $95.99 Regular price  $111.00
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Description

'Indian Steel' Blue Prairie Grass
Sorghastrum nutans

Other Names: Indian Steele Indian Grass, Blue Indian Grass


Plant Details


USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b (3?)  Find Your Zone


Plant Type:  Ornamental Grass
Height at Maturity:  Foliage 2-3'; In Bloom: 5'
Width at Maturity:  2-3'
Spacing:  30" for mass plantings, 6' or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:   Clumping, Grassy, Upright, Vertical, Narrow
Growth Rate:  Moderate to Fast

Flower Color:  Golden Yellow turning to Chestnut brown in fall
Flower Size:  Spikelets 12" panicles
Flowering Period:  Late Summer thru Early Fall
Flower Type:  Spikelet
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color:  Blue turning Gold and Bronze shades in Fall
Fragrant Foliage:  No 
Berries:  Seed
Seed Color:  Bronze Copper

Sun Needs:  Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs:  Average
Soil Type:  Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty, Rocky
Soil Moisture / Drainage:  Moist But Well Drained to Dry
Soil pH:  6.0 - 8.0

Maintenance / Care:  Very Low 
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies, Visual Attention
Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbits, Wet Soil


Special Attributes

One of the most attractive native ornamental grasses, 'Indian Steel' Blue Prairie Grass is a stately selection sporting a clump of steel-blue blades from which rise distinctively vertical stems topped with feathery, bronze-colored panicles. What's really unusual is that this ornamental grass actually does produce what is considered a flower. The plumes have cute little bright yellow pollen sacs that stand out in the dark seed heads. The foliage might go to 3 feet in height while the flowers can soar up to 6 feet. Exceptionally low-maintenance and adaptive, Indian Steel will thrive in hot or cold climates and heavy clay to shallow, dry rocky soils, provided the soil is well drained. It prefers and will take all the sun you can give it. Provides excellent cover year round for birds and mammals and the seeds are a delight to songbirds in fall and winter. Deer won't touch it.


Landscape & Garden Uses 

A very versatile grass, Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass is great for containers or as an accent, in groupings or natural hedge in the landscape. A fine addition to ornamental grass gardens, rock gardens, bird gardens, yellow theme gardens, bird gardens, native gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

Spacing:  30 inches apart for mass plantings; 6 feet or more for space between plants

How To Measure for Total Square Feet 

How Many Plants to Fill a Planting Area 


Growing Preferences

A North American native grass, Indian Steel Blue Prairie Grass is very easy to grow in a wide range of soil, even clay, sandy, rocky and dry soils. They don't like an organically rich soil so there's no need to add compost or humus to the native soil when planting. They grow best in full to mostly sun. We suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Maintenance is minimal. Cut clumps back to the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.


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