Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) 3-pack of pots
Can be shipped.
We aren’t “sold out”—we just don’t have any Yellow Star Grass this year. They take two years from germination to sale. We might next year if germination is good in spring and the plants grow well. Beautiful plant, but very slow to get started from seed.
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is a very small prairie flower with tiny yellow flowers that bloom in May. It is a rarer prairie flower and typically is found in high quality native habitats. The leaves looks like grass which is what gives Yellow Star Grass its name. We sell second-season Yellow Star Grass plants—we germinate and grow them for a season, put them into dormancy, and then sell them the next spring.
We enjoy planting Yellow Star Grass alongside other short prairie plants such as Hoary Puccoon, Pasque Flower, and Prairie Smoke. It does well along edges of a garden where it can be seen in bloom. It sometimes goes dormant in mid-summer but re-sprouts from a corm—or bulb—the next spring.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium, Medium-wet
Height: 6-12 inches
Blooms: May, June
Color: Yellow
Spacing: 12”
Spreads: A little by seed
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Pollinators
Design Tips
Yellow Star Grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) is so short that it should be planted next to other short companion plants such as Pale Spiked Lobelia, Shooting Star, and Prairie Smoke where it won’t be overwhelmed.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Hoary Puccoon
Pale Spiked Lobelia
Pasque Flower
Prairie Smoke
