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.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
