Prairie Dropseed

The most refined native grass. perfectly symmetrical form, fragrant fall flowers, and warm amber winter color in one elegant plant.

Prairie Dropseed is the most refined and elegant of all native ornamental grasses. The fine, arching leaves form a perfectly symmetrical mound that cascades outward like a fountain, catching light in a way that makes the plant look almost luminous on a sunny afternoon. In late summer and fall, airy flower panicles rise above the mound carrying a distinctive scent, sweet and slightly spicy, like coriander, that drifts on warm fall evenings near a mass planting. It's slow to establish but extremely long-lived, essentially permanent once it settles in, and it requires almost no care once established. Fall color is a warm amber-orange that holds through winter, giving the garden texture and movement in the cold months. In mass plantings it creates a flowing, meadow-like carpet that responds to every breeze. One of the finest native ornamental grasses available, period.