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Blue Grama Grass (Bouteloua Gracilis) – 1 Gallon Pot
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Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-10b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Ornamental Grass
Height at Maturity: 1-2′
Width at Maturity: 1.5-2′
Spacing: 1.5′ apart for mass plantings; 4′ or more apart for space between plants
Spacing: 1.5′ apart for mass plantings; 4′ or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Clumping, Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Purple-Red tinted turning to Tan in Fall and Winter
Flower Type: Seed spikes
Flowering Period: Early Summer to Early Fall
Foliage Color: Blue Green in Summer turning Orange Red to Golden in Fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained Moist to Dry when established
Soil pH: 6.5 – 7.5
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Resistances: Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rocky Soil, Air Pollution, Black Walnut
Description
One of the shortest North American native grass plants and an original prairie grass that can be grown by anyone almost anywhere in the United States, Blue Grama Grass grows to only 2 feet tall when seed heads are in full bloom. It forms a low tuft of blue-green leaves from which rise thin stems topped with purplish flower spikes unusually held at a horizontal angle like a flag from early summer into fall. Also called Mosquito Grass, it is exceptionally easy-to-grow due to its high drought tolerance which makes it useful for planting as a border or groundcover in landscape borders and on embankments. hillsides and slopes. It can also be grown as an alternative to a traditional lawn that only needs an occasional mowing. Highly adaptable and drought, sun and heat tolerant, the Blue Grama Grass is an attractive plant anyone can grow!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in an upright grassy clump 1 to 2 feet tall and equally as wide, Blue Grama Mosquito Grass is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or mass plantings in landscape borders and on slopes, embankments and hillsides where its roots act as a soil stabilizer for erosion control. Makes a nice accent in combination container gardens and is must in ornamental grass gardens. A fine addition to rock gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs). A lovely display for any sunny spot!
Suggested Spacing: 1.5 feet apart for mass plantings; 4 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Growing Preferences
Grama Grass is every easy to grow and maintain. It is resistant to heat, humidity, sun, and drought. Make sure to plant it in a site with very well-drained soil. Add sand and or small gravel to dense clay soils. Will appreciate moisture and a little plant food during the first growing season to establish itself but after that is drought tolerant and requires no fertilizer. Full sun is preferred for best flowering however the plant will tolerate and still flower with some light shade. We suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering. Foliage can be cut back to just above the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge in spring.
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