Eragrostis spectabilis

Purple Lovegrass

• Slightly to Very Dry Soils
• Full sun to Light Shade
• 24” tall, 12” to 24” wide
• Summer Blooms
• Ontario Native, Thriving in Dry Meadow ecosystems

New to me, grown from seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/eragrostis-spectabilis-purple-love-grass-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

A relatively short native grass that thrives in hot, dry locations and is tolerant of salt, making them a good candidate for roadside and boulevard plantings. The haze of purple flowers develops in mid-summer and is followed by a similar haze of tan seed heads.

Recommended in Lorraine Johnson’s blog post Ghost Plants about hard to source species deserving of wider planting in Ontario gardens

Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.

Photos by  David J. Stang, Daderot, and Krzysztof Ziarnek via Wikimedia Commons via Wikimedia Commons