Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
$10.00
Sold in 4.5″ (1 qt) pots
Light: Full sun
Soil Moisture: Dry to medium
Bloom Time: June to November
Height x spread: 1-3 ft x 1-2 ft
Flower: Insignificant
Tolerate: Drought, erosion, dry soil
Attracts: Birds, Skippers
Other: Good food source and cover for birds, has attractive foliage
Resistance: Deer
Side-oats grama is a bunchy or sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem and fade to a tan color in the fall. The basal foliage often turns shades of purple and red in fall. It is highly resistant to browsing by deer. As well as providing year-round cover for wildlife, side-oats grama is a larval host plant to the green skipper butterfly and the dotted skipper butterfly making it a great choice for a pollinator garden. It is good for wildflower meadows, prairie restorations, and garden accents.
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