This 60”+ tall ornamental grass is the original North American planes grass.  It once covered millions of acres of unexplored terrain in America’s heartland.  It is widely adaptable to many environments including fierce cold and extreme heat.  It is most beautiful in bloom as its elegant long-legged foliage gives over to the reddish-brown flowers with vibrant yellow anthers.  These flowers appear and remain from July to frost.  It dries nicely and can be used in fresh or dried flower arrangements.  Although beautiful, it is also a workhorse grass.  It is excellent for erosion control and tolerates median strip or roadside abuses from pollution and snow removal practices.  

• Full- part shade
• Dry well drained
• Drought Tolerant
• Deer resistant
• Season of Interest – Spring through Fall 
• Use for erosion control, meadows or meadow restoration projects, roadsides, parking islands or large highway median strips where site obstruction will not be an issue (very tall)
• Zone 4-9