Species
Name: Sporobolus heterolepis
Common
Name: Prairie Dropseed
Zone: 3 to 8
Light: Full Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry to Medium
Soil Types: Well Drained, Sand, Loam
Fertility: Poor to Average to Rich
pH: 5 to 6.8
Bloom Time: August, September
Habit: Sporobolus heterolepis
is a
petite warm season perennial grass. Plants form attractive tufted mounds 1
to 2ft tall of slender deep green arching leaves. Seed heads mature in
August and September providing food for foraging birds. Fall color usually
develops golden-orange fall highlights. Plants
hold soil with their vigorous fibrous roots and expand slowly from short
underground rhizomes. This
tough grass can survive in harsh dry prairies or can prosper in sunny gardens
with dry to average soils.
A useful landscape plant because of its short
compact stature, graceful texture, lasting winter interest and extreme heat and
drought tolerance.
A Mass Planting of Prairie Dropseed
