Eragrostis spectabilis, purple love grass

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purple love grassEragrostis spectabilisHardiness: Zones 5 to 9Plant type: GrassHeight: 1- 2'Spread: 1- 2'Sun: Full SunWater: Dry to mediumBloom time: July, AugustBloom color: Soft reddish-purpleSoil: Average, well-draining soils, sandy, or gravelly loams, tolerates poor soils. Notes: Hosts caterpillars of the Zabulon skipper. Birds forage on the seed but foliage is not palatable to deer. Eragrostis spectabilis is salt tolerant enough to flourish on roadsides that receive winter salt. More information on this plant here. Show more