Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)Little Bluestem is a lovely, graceful, medium size Texas native grass. It is drought tolerant and adaptable but will not tolerate wetlands or poor drainage. It reseeds easily. Little bluestem height ranges from one to three or four feet. It shows a range of color, from green to silvery blue to bronze, depending on the season. Once established it is drought tolerant and attractive all year round. Little Bluestem provides cover, food and nesting

bushy penstemon with showy magenta blooms

warm season grass with coarse

Pearl Milkweed Vine is a dainty plant with small but intricate

Rock Penstemon dies to the ground in the winter but comes back in the spring

heavy clays or wet bottomlands)

It has nice yellow to orange fall color

moist meadows or poor drainage areas

But it is well worth the effort once it is happy

including swallowtails

and Spotted Apatelodes

It is beautiful in a grouping or planted en masse

butterflies Host plant Tiger swallowtail butterfly