Purple Lovegrass is a native warm-season grass that grows in tight tufts with long blue-green leaves that develops a bronzy-red in fall. Rosy-purple spikelets create airy clouds above the leaves in latesummer and turn light beige in fall. Prefersfull sunand dry soils. Good drought tolerance.
Type:
Orn. Grass
Origins:
C. and E. North America; GA Native
Height:
1' - 2'
Spread:
1’ - 2’
Spacing:
1.5’
USDA Hardiness Zone:
5 - 9
Culture:
Full Sun
Bloom Color:
Purple
Season of Interest:
Summer, Fall
MAINTENANCE NEEDS:Low Maintenance. No serious disease or pest issues.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens,Native Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Liatris, Golden Rod, Prairie Dropseed
IMAGE: Photoset by Katja Schulz, Purple Lovegrass (1)+(2), (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Eragrostis spectabilis 7zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Eragrostis spectabilis 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0,
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
