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Sorghastrum nutans
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Common Name: Yellow Indiangrass
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 6'
Description:
Strong, upright plant.Seedheads are a fluffy, golden brown. One of the major grasses of the True Tallgrass Prairies. |
Schizachyrium scoparium
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Little Bluestem
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 30"
Description:
An important grass of the True Prairie. Blue green, turning to reddish brown in fall. |
Eragrostis trichodes
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Sand Lovegrass
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 40"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Large airy seedheads. Nice vase shape form. Good late summer fall interest. Garden Notes: I have used this grass for several years. So far I have found nothing negative about it. It fills it spot quickly, blooms early and it looks nice through winter. It reseeds itself minimally. Cut back in early spring.
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Engelmannia pinnatifidia
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Englemann Daisy
Bloom Season: Spring to Fall
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:
Long blooming native- if it gets leggy cut it back for new growth and bloom,Good for wildlife Garden Notes: Blooms open daily and are showy in the morning, then they close in the heat of the day.
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Desmanthus illinoisis
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Common Name: Illinois Bundleflower
Bloom Color: White
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:
Panhandle native, important native legume. Good as dried flower. Nice winter interest in seedpods. |
Calylophus tubicula
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Common Name: Texas Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 9"
Mature Width: 12"
Description:
Dense herbaceous shrublets of wiry stems bearing yellow flowers with very long tubes- like serrulatus on steroids. Garden Notes: Plant in warm winter area.
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Calylophus serrulatus
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Toothed Sundrops
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
Subshrub,Blooms heavily in spring then lightly throughout summer. Smaller, mounded plant with narrow leaves. |
Bouteloua gracilis
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Common Name: Blue Grama
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 12"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:
2008 GreatPlants® selection. Turfgrass or ornamental bunchgrass. Slowly spreads maybe 2" per year Garden Notes: Plant thickly by seed to get a nice grass for outlying area. Hieght will vary by the amount of water it receives. Very drought tolerant.
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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Click on image below to see additional images  Common Name: Sideoats Grama
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 20"
Description:
Seeds form on side of stem. Emerge purplish with red/orange anthers. Good accent plant. State grass of Texas |