Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel' - Little Bluestem - 1.5-Pint
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Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Carousel’ – Little Bluestem – 1.5-Pint

$6.00

A dwarf and somewhat mounded selection, discovered at Boehm’s Garden Center in Rushville, Illinois. It has a unique rounded, bowl-shaped habit, superior resistance to lodging in winter and attractive fall color. Its fine green foliage and distinctive upright flowering stems transform into a kaleidoscope of colors in autumn that includes copper, pink, tan, and dark orange-red. The stems become beige but stay upright and attractive all winter.

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Description

Little Bluestem is one of the most characteristic grasses of Tallgrass Prairies and common in old fields in the Catskills. Clump-forming and fine-textured with delicate inflorescences that become silvery and noticeably attractive when side-lit or back-lit by the Autumn or early Winter sun.  You can help seed-eating birds that overwinter in our area by waiting to trim grasses back to the ground until early to mid spring.

Grass family (Poaceae)

Image by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Second image by Plants Nouveau

Updated 8 October 2023

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