Schizachyrium scoparium 'MinnblueA' PP #17,310 ~ Monrovia® Blue Heaven Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium 'MinnblueA' PP #17,310 ~ Monrovia® Blue Heaven Little BluestemMonrovia Blue Heaven Little Bluestem is a native grass that has slender upright that intensifies to steel blue with purple highlights in summer and shifts to deep pink and burgundy with copper tips in fall. Tiny green flowers rise high above the foliage on stems in late summer and are followed by fluffy white seed heads that persist through winter. Grows best in full sun and well drained soils. Schizachyrium scoparium is a native host plant for 6

Monrovia® Blue Heaven Little Bluestem is a native grass that has slender upright that intensifies to steel blue with purple highlights in summer and shifts to deep pink and burgundy with copper tips in fall.  Tiny green flowers rise high above the foliage on stems in late summer and are followed by fluffy white seed heads that persist through winter.  Grows best in full sun and well-drained soils.

Schizachyrium scoparium is a native host plant for 6 different skippers:  the Ottoe, Indian, Crossline, Dusted, Cobweb, and Dixie skipper.  The seeds are eaten by small birds.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Cut to ground late winter or early spring.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Tickseed, Joe-Pye Weed, Sea Holly

IMAGES: Andy Mabbett creator QS:P170,Q15136093, BBC Gardeners World - 2017-06-15 - Andy Mabbett - 30, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Three Sisters, untitled

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown