DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Blue Grama Grass
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Blue Gramma Grass / Mosquito Grass
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bouteloua Gracilis
COLOR: Bluish Foliage / Yellow Flowers / Bluish-Purple Seed Heads
PLANT SEEDS: Spring or Summer
BLOOM TIME: Flowers July - Aug / Seed Heads Aug - Oct
HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 10 & Reseeds
PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24"
PLANT SPACING: 15 - 18"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry
QUANTITY: 1000 Seeds
OTHER: Blue Grama is a warm season grass native to the plains & prairies of North America. It is the state grass of Colorado & New Mexico. Sadly, it is currently listed as endangered species in Illinois.
This grass is very tolerant of many conditions, & can grow in a range of climates from desert to alpine. It can grow in sandy or heavy clay soil & laughs in the face of drought. Grama Grass can be used to control erosion.
Individual plants have a clumping habit, so can be used as an accent plant in beds, rock gardens, or containers, or as a border plant.
Blue Grama Grass can be used as a ground cover for naturalizing, or for grazing. It is also commonly used as a turfgrass or mowed lawn grass.
Butterflies will visit the summer flowers, & Blue Grama is a host plant for Skipper Butterflies. It has nice fall colors in golden brown with some orange shades, reds, & purples. The flowering seed heads are really very ornamental, & also make a great dried flower for arrangements. Be sure to share though! Birds & small animals also enjoy eating the seeds in fall :)
* FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ADDITIONAL SEEDS!
PAY ONE FLAT SHIPPING FEE PER ORDER NO MATTER HOW MANY PACKS OF SEEDS YOU SELECT!
WE HAVE OVER 2,000 TYPES OF FLOWER, VINE, TREE, SHRUB, HERB, FRUIT, & VEGETABLE SEEDS TO CHOOSE FROM!!!
Photo 1 By Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=17420906
