Can’t be shipped.
Prairie Dropseed is one of the most ornamental prairie grasses. It forms dense clumps that create low mounds of fine-textured leaves. In late summer, airy seed heads rise above the plant and move gracefully in the wind. It’s one of the most popular perennial grasses to plant in a mass planting.
In fall and winter, the leaves settle down and create a natural mulch layer that reduces weeds and covers the soil. The seeds also give off a distinctive fragrance that adds another sensory element to the garden.
Why do we love Prairie Dropseed so much? Prairie Dropseed stays in tidy clumps and does not spread by roots or by seed. Plants establish slowly, but after about three years the clumps grow about one foot across. The thin leaves resemble familiar lawn grasses, which helps the plant blend naturally into garden settings.
During the first few years, Prairie Dropseed produces many seed heads that spread lightly above the foliage and add texture to the upper layer of the garden without dominating it like the taller prairie grasses. As plants mature—often after four or five years—they produce fewer seed heads and maintain a compact dome of fine grass leaves throughout the season.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium-Dry, Medium
Height: 3 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept
Color: Gold
Spacing: 18″
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Ornamental Grass, Birds, Deer Resistant
Design Tips
Prairie Dropseed looks incredible when planted as a groundcover, with clumps between 8-14″ away from each other, or scattered throughout a garden. The fine, mounding leaves of Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) look great next to all of the sunny prairie flowers. We often plant Prairie Dropseed in a mixed planting along with Parasol Sedge and other grasses.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Can’t be shipped.
Prairie Dropseed is one of the most ornamental prairie grasses. It forms dense clumps that create low mounds of fine-textured leaves. In late summer, airy seed heads rise above the plant and move gracefully in the wind. It’s one of the most popular perennial grasses to plant in a mass planting.
In fall and winter, the leaves settle down and create a natural mulch layer that reduces weeds and covers the soil. The seeds also give off a distinctive fragrance that adds another sensory element to the garden.
Why do we love Prairie Dropseed so much? Prairie Dropseed stays in tidy clumps and does not spread by roots or by seed. Plants establish slowly, but after about three years the clumps grow about one foot across. The thin leaves resemble familiar lawn grasses, which helps the plant blend naturally into garden settings.
During the first few years, Prairie Dropseed produces many seed heads that spread lightly above the foliage and add texture to the upper layer of the garden without dominating it like the taller prairie grasses. As plants mature—often after four or five years—they produce fewer seed heads and maintain a compact dome of fine grass leaves throughout the season.
Also available in 12-packs of plugs here
Details
Perennial
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Dry, Medium-Dry, Medium
Height: 3 feet
Blooms: Aug, Sept
Color: Gold
Spacing: 18″
Spreads: Doesn’t spread much
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Ornamental Grass, Birds, Deer Resistant
Design Tips
Prairie Dropseed looks incredible when planted as a groundcover, with clumps between 8-14″ away from each other, or scattered throughout a garden. The fine, mounding leaves of Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) look great next to all of the sunny prairie flowers. We often plant Prairie Dropseed in a mixed planting along with Parasol Sedge and other grasses.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
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