Just in time to celebrate Kansas Day – which is today – the Kansas Native Plant Society has named the Little Bluestem grass as its Wildflower of the Year. Following in the tradition of Kansas symbols ...

Little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, is a finely-textured prairie grass with blue-green foliage that turns a rosy rust in fall. Purplish bronze seedheads rise to about 2 feet high in late summer ...

As you drive around the Kansas City area, you will see ornamental grasses are a staple in some of the most beautiful landscapes in our area. Grasses are desired for their strong architectural features ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Little bluestem is a native grass chosen as the 2022 ...

Q • I am considering planting little bluestem grass on the islands of our church parking lot and would like it to exhibit its stem color in September. Can you advise me if this grass will color up at ...

The Blues little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) is a native prairie grass. The Blues is a newer selection and slightly bluer than the straight species. The upright foliage is about a quarter-inch ...

A colorful garden doesn't have to end at the end of summer. With proper planning and some stunning combinations, you can keep ...

Melinda Myers, a horticulturist and gardening expert, describes this ornamental grass as a compact version of the native ...

Close your eyes and picture a fall landscape. I'd bet the farm (if I had one) that the landscape in your imagination includes ornamental grasses. They are the backbone of the fall perennial border ...

State Department of Transportation maintenance chief Clay Adams pushed back against assertions the agency seeded highway right-of-way ground with varieties of bluestem grass wildly efficient at ...

If your last good look at nature was your screen saver, it's time to get outside. Power off the computer, push your chair back, rub your screen-weary eyes and get going. Preferably to a prairie. Why a ...

We examined the influence of burning on little bluestem grass productivity and its vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungal associates in a sand prairie community over four growing seasons ...