Anatherum ternarium - grass, splitbeard bluestem

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Height: 2’ to 4’Spread: 1’ to 3’Light Needs: sun, part shadeWater: dry to averageFlower color: brownBloom time: August to November This ornamental grass is notable for its colorful flower stalks and silvery white seed tufts in fall. Slender leaves are often purplish, especially in fall. It is a clumping grass but it is likely to produce volunteer seedlings. It is suitable for gardens, pocket prairies and naturalizing. The seeds attract birds and the grass will provide nesting material/structure for birds and native bees. Wood nymph butterflies and various skippers use this plant as a host plant for their caterpillars. Deer tend to leave grasses alone. This grass was previously known as Andropogon ternarius. Show more