Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Prairie Dropseed

  • Average or Slightly Wet to Very Dry Soils
  • Full Sun to Very Light Shade
  • 24” tall, 18” to 36” spacing 
  • Summer Blooms, Fall Seed Heads
  • Ontario Native, Thrives in Meadow and Dry Meadow Ecosystems

Still new to my gardens, grown from seeds sourced from Prairie Moon Nursery.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/sporobolus-heterolepis-prairie-dropseed-prairie-moon-nursery.html 

A luxuriant, clumping grass that grows to roughly 2' in height and spread and thrives in hot, dry settings. 

A lovely matrix species for a dry meadow ecosystem but they can take a few years to mature from seed so you may also want to include some Side-Oats Grama and / or June Grass in the mix.

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

Photos by Daderot, Krzysztof Ziarnek and Daderot Via Wikimedia Commons

The Online Plant Nursery will re-open for orders on Tuesday, May 17th

Pickups will begin the following week.

I will be offering plug sized plants for $1.25 each or 5 for $5. 

I'm in the process of adding species that I expect to offer this spring to the listings since they are starting to germinate and I'm starting to get an idea of which will be available in abundant quantities.

Since the list is much longer this year I've added several categories to help narrow down your options based on a variety of criteria.

For those who have already adopted seedlings, planting instructions can be found here.
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