Purple Love Grass - Eragrostis spectabilis
Purple Love Grass is a compact native grass with rosy panicles floating above the foliage and simply glowing against the sunlight. It is listed as one of famed landscape designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 Must-Have Plants.
Set plants at the front of the perennial border or raised in rock gardens where the sun can catch them, or in meadows or prairie gardens alongside flowering natives such as Asters, Liatris, and Goldenrod.
The airy seed heads are used to add texture to dried flower arrangements.
Often found on sandy or disturbed sites, purple love grass provides excellent erosion control and naturalizes readily. Habitat includes dry prairies, upland savannas, open woods, and limestone glades.
Provide full sun and dry, well-drained, sandy, or gravelly soil.
Purple Love Grass is drought tolerant and can grow near black walnut trees.
Songbirds forage on seeds in autumn. Low-maintenance
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Bloom Time: Mid to late summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Soil Type: Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Mature Height: 12-24" tall
Mature Spread: 12-24" wide
Zones: 3-8