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Sideoats grama, Bouteloua curtipendula

Sideoats grama

Full Sun, Native, Warm-Season

Sideoats grama flowers add a unique look to landscapes with all the spikelets hanging off to one side of the stem.  It’s a very adaptable native plant that can take a variety of soils and low water conditions.  Sideoats grama has a clumping form and fairly compact growth.  The foliage goes from green to bronze-purple in the fall

These grasses were very quick to establish in the trial.  A few seedlings sprouted in the second year, so be aware that it can re-seed itself in an area. 

 

 

Advertised Height

Advertised Zone

36”

4

 

 

Year

Height/Width
Year 1
24”/14”
Year 2
36”/18”

 

Date

Pictures

September 2007

 

February 2008
September 2008

 

Sideoats Grama

September 2009
Bouteloua curtipendula
Close-up~ Sept 2009
Bouteloua curtipendula
November 2009
Bouteloua curtipendula