EXCEPTIONALLY STURDY, COLORFUL, UPRIGHT STEMS
FEATURES:
- Striking blue-green foliage in spring and summer
- Turns a blazing purple-pink by fall
- A friend to songbirds and butterflies
- Provides year-long texture to your garden
- Low maintenance with no serious pest or disease problems
- Perfect ground-cover for empty landscapes
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Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 3-8
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 1-2' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 1-2' apart
EXCEPTIONALLY STURDY, COLORFUL, UPRIGHT STEMS
FEATURES:
- Striking blue-green foliage in spring and summer
- Turns a blazing purple-pink by fall
- A friend to songbirds and butterflies
- Provides year-long texture to your garden
- Low maintenance with no serious pest or disease problems
- Perfect ground-cover for empty landscapes
-
Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 3-8
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 1-2' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 1-2' apart
Why plant Standing Ovation Little Bluestem?
A grass worthy of applause! Our Standing Ovation Little Bluestem is the vibrant colored addition your garden is begging for! Each grass stem is colored green with deep purple tips that stand straight up. The ombre effect will thrill you and your landscape. This native grass is very low maintenance and easy-to-grow. Little friends, like songbirds and butterflies, love these colorful grasses. Add Bluestems to your garden as a border, background filler, ground cover, or decorate your patio by planting into containers.
"Standing Ovation' was discovered as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation in Landenburg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2003.
How to use Standing Ovation Little Bluestem in the landscape?
These beautifully vibrant grasses are wonderful for at-home decorative gardens. Accentuate garden borders with these vertical accent plants, spruce up fence lining, or even decorate around bigger trees. Use these colorful grasses to your advantage! Bluestem Grasses add a whole new kind of texture and dimension to your garden.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 3-8
How To Plant Standing Ovation Little Bluestem
Plant your Little Bluestem in places where they can reach full sun with dry soils. They are drought tolerant and low maintenance.
How To Water
Once yours Little Bluestem grass is established, you may water occasionally; more in extreme heat.
How To Fertilize
Incorporate Elements Starter Plant Food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer, start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant Food granular form on an annual basis each fall. If planting in the fall, use Elements fertilizer while planting and start your regular annual fertilizing the following fall. Continue this for the first three years to get your plant well established as it gives your tree the nutrients it needs to produce lush new growth for the following spring.
How To Prune
In the late winter to early spring, cut your Little Bluestem grasses to the ground. Doing this will encourage healthy attractive looking sprouts to be produced every season.
