Is Smoke Signal Grass Invasive
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Is smoke signal grass invasive. Tolerates wide range of soils including dry ones but prefers. Small tan seed heads appear in late summer and late through to fall. 0 00 0 0 0 00. Schizachyrium scoparium smoke signal pp27433.
Schizachyrium scoparium smoke signal. This selection features sturdy tight upright stems in blue green and offers amazing fall colour when it turns a deep red purple. Description additional information description. Shiny blue green erect foliage takes on scarlet red tones in late summer then transforms to deeper red purple through fall.
Its attractive grassy leaves are bluish green in color with showy scarlet variegation. Hardy perennial blue green grass that matures to red and grows up to 5 high. Little bluestem ornamental grass. This selection of our native schizachyrium has a beautifully refined habit and puts forth a strong show of color in late summer and fall.
A selection of our native little bluestem smoke signal bluestem schizachyrium scoparium works well in the garden and containers. An improvement over older cultivars this grass maintains its strictly upright habit through fall. Andropogon scoparium a native grass which used to be widely distributed all over the great plains. Smoke signal little bluestem has masses of beautiful plumes of purple flowers with coppery bronze overtones rising above the foliage in late summer which are most effective when planted in groupings.
Smoke signal grass is deer resistant and tolerant to drought and dry soil. Schizachyrium scoparium smoke signal is an upright tidy grower which produces a stand of blue green foliage that shades to red in late summer then to reddish purple in the fall. Tiny tan seed heads top plants in early fall. Its strong upright habit adds an excellent vertical accent to the garden.
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