Don’t let the common name “prairie dropseed” alarm you. This lovely, self-sufficient native grass is a clump-former, not a vigorous spreader.

Declared a “Plant of Merit” by Missouri Botanical Garden for “outstanding quality and dependable performance,” Sporobolus is widely considered to be among the most attractive of our native prairie grasses. A natural for meadows, prairie dropseed can also be planted in rows to edge sunny walkways or lanes.

Graceful arching clumps of slender emerald-green blades are topped with airy panicles of cilantro-scented pink/tan blooms. Foliage turns gold in autumn, then creamy white in winter.

Culture Notes: Hardy in Zones 3 – 9. Height: 2 – 3’. Leave standing in winter, cut back hard in spring.

Fun Fact: Indigenous tribes of the great plains ground the small round seeds into flour. 

Invite this handsome prairie denizen into your customers’ gardens. It comes in stocky 38-cell liners from Emerald Coast Growers – your easy choice!