Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' ~ Indian Steel Indian Grass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' ~ Indian Steel Indian GrassIndian Steel Indian Grass is an open warm season native grass with upright slender blue green leaves which turns yellow in fall and maintains some gold color in winter. Panicles of tan yellow flowers rise high above the foliage on stems in late summer to fall and mature to bronze which persists through winter. Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well drained soils. Drought tolerant once established. Type: Orn. Grass Origins: North America; GA

Indian Steel Indian Grass is an open warm-season native grass with upright slender blue-green leaves which turns yellow in fall and maintains some gold color in winter. Panicles of tan-yellow flowers rise high above the foliage on stems in late summer to fall and mature to bronze which persists through winter.  Grows best in full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils. Drought tolerant once established.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Cut to ground late winter or early spring before new growth.  It can grow in poor, dry, infertile soils- and tends to open up or flop in rich moist soils.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Xeriscape, Native Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Sedge, Tickseed, Joe-Pye Weed 

Image: Photo by David J. Stang, Sorghastrum nutans Indian Steel 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.00