Plant Patent PP25,202 was issued on December 30, 2014. Now variegated with creamy white stripes, its arching habit of elegant blades adds extra impact As the temperatures cool, its foliage takes on pale pink hues that deepen to burgundy as fall arrives. Product Description Sun Exposure Sun Bloom Time Summer Soil Conditions Normal, Sandy, Dry Fall Color Brown Flower Color White Mature Plant Size (H x W) 2-3' x 18-24' Little Bluestem Grass is the 2022 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year It is a warm season, clump forming grass. Parentage is unknown, but ‘The Blues’ is considered to be a likely parent. Fan-favorite little bluestem (also known as beard grass) has an upgraded look with Shining Star bluestem grass ( Schizachyrium scoparium ). ‘Standing Ovation’ was discovered as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation in Landenberg, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2003. The upright and rigid plant habit of this cultivar is typically retained without lodging when plants are grown in rich soils. Fall color consists of attractive shades of red and maroon, with retention of such colors continuing late in the season (no “brown out”).
Leaf blades are wider than those found on straight species plants. ‘Standing Ovation’ is a cultivar which features blue leaf blades with red tips. Common name is in reference to the lavender-blue color on the stem bases. Genus name comes from the Latin schizein meaning to split and achyron meaning chaff. Many consider the most outstanding ornamental feature of this grass to be its bronze-orange fall foliage color.
Flowers are followed by clusters of fluffy, silvery-white seed heads which are attractive and often persist into winter.
Purplish-bronze flowers appear in 3” long racemes on branched stems rising above the foliage in August. It typically matures to 2-4’ (less frequently to 5’) tall, and features upright clumps of slender, flat, linear green leaves (to 1/4“ wide), with each leaf having a tinge of blue at the base. It was one of the dominant grasses of the vast tallgrass prairie region which once covered rich and fertile soils in many parts of central North America. Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly called little bluestem, is native to prairies, fields, clearings, hills, limestone glades, roadsides, waste areas and open woods from Alberta to Quebec south to Arizona and Florida.
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