Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed Bloom Spring As blackgums age

As blackgums age

disease-resistant foliage

The black gum often holds out a little later for its show

but it will work wonderfully with any color you pair it with

The combination of texture and color create a lovely contrast to any shade/part sun garden

Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie Dropseed Bloom Spring As blackgums agePrairie dropseed stands as one of the most refined and elegant ornamental grasses native to North America, offering four season interest and exceptional adaptability to cultivated landscapes. This warm season perennial clump forming grass is indigenous to the tallgrass and mixed grass prairies of central North America, ranging from Texas north to southern Saskatchewan, with scattered populations extending eastward through the Midwest and Northeast to