PlantsGrasses & Sedges
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A pink cloud of grass in late summer
EasyGrasses & SedgesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Airy flowers Aug–Sep
- How it spreads
- Clump
- What to buy
- A plug.
- When to plant
- May or Sep
In the design
Front of a dry sunny bed, or a lawn that is becoming a short prairie. It looks like nothing until August, then it is the picture.
