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The breeze can't resist gliding gracefully through the fine, hair-like blades of Sporobolus, sending wafts of fragrance to greet passersby. Don't let the common name, prairie dropseed<, hit the wrong note. 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 attract

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 blad