Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curipendula

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Plant Highlights

Sideoats Grama highlights at a glance!

  • Brand
    Nature Hills' Choice
  • Botanical Name
    Bouteloua curipendula
  • Growing Zones
    4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Mature Height
    1 1/2 - 2 1/2 feet
  • Mature Spread
    1-2 feet
  • Sun Exposure
    Full Sun
  • Moisture
    Low Once Established
  • Soil
    Well Drained Soil
  • Growth Rate
    Medium
  • Flower Color
    • Purple
  • Fall Color
    gold, brown, sometimes orange and red in some locations
  • Pruning Time
    Late Winter
  • Bloom Period
    Summer

Go native! The Sideoats Grama Grass (Bouteloua curipendula) is a bluish to gray-green native Ornamental Grass with fine-textured upright blades and vertical flowering stems that wave in the breeze! Sideoats has the added bonus of dangling grass flowers that line one side of these flowering stems at evenly spaced intervals!

The purplish hue to the oat-like seed heads add vertical and waving texture to the landscape, growing 2-2 ½ feet in height, and forming polite low clumps a bit smaller. The leaf blades transform into a golden color in the fall, and may even show some orange or red!

Grama Grasses are a type of warm-season, native perennial Bunchgrass that is hardy throughout USDA growing zones 4 to 9. An important Range Grass, beneficial insects and wildlife loves these hardy natives.

Planting and Application:

Sideoats are ideal for native plantings and prairie restoration projects, wildflower meadows, and even formal plantings! Plant in open sunny Cottage gardens, wildflower gardens, meadows and prairie plantings to enjoy the ornamental grassy blooms. Dress up a Rock Garden, shore up the sides of a pathway or driveway, or just crown the top of a retaining wall with a pretty fringe!

Sideoats Grama Grass works great as edging and border plants, in winding rows and groupings throughout the sun landscape! Performing well almost everywhere else, so we're sure that it will fit into your garden. Use as an eye-catching specimen plant because of the unique blooms, or as accents interspersed among other native grasses, perennials and wildflowers for a lovely informal display.

Try planting with the equally unique Blue Grama and Northern Sea Oats Grasses for an incredibly unique show! Add this beautiful low-maintenance, water-wise Grass to your landscape for carefree style and a fresh new look. Ornamental Grass looks great in any style garden from contemporary to rustic.

  • Purplish Vertical Seed Heads With Evenly Spaced Dangling Florets
  • Blue-Green to Gray Green Upright Foliage
  • Golden Fall Color & Can Turn Red and/or Orange
  • Important Prairie, Range & Wildlife Native Grass
  • Borders, Edging, Sun Gardens, Specimens & Accent Groupings

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Native Prairie Grasses and Ornamental Grasses do their absolute best in full sun, at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day and plant grasses in very well-drained soil that won't ever get soggy. This is an extremely cold hardy grass and grows in almost any soil. Provide a 3-4 inch thick layer of mulch over the soil surface and water new plants regularly until they are established. Prune these warm-season grasses in the spring before new growth emerges.

  • Full Sun Perennial Native Grass
  • Well-Drained Soil Of Any Type
  • Moderate Moisture - Low Once Established
  • Prune Early Spring
  • Warm-Season Prairie Grass

Sideoats Grama Grass will add its unique native beauty to your landscape without asking for much in return! Order yours today from Nature Hills Nursery!

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