Bouteloua curtipendula Side Oats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side Oats Grama

♦ Zones: 4 - 9     Height: 18 - 30"     Exposure: Full Sun ♦

Side Oats Grama is noted for oat-like spikes which hang from only one side its flowering stems.  Narrow bluish-gray leaf blades form a dense clump that turns golden brown in autumn with distinctive hues of orange and red.  Mass in meadows, prairies, slopes and native plant gardens.  It can also be used as a turf grass and regularly mowed to about 2 to 4 inches tall.