Height: 5’ to 7’ Spread: 1’ to 2’ Light Needs: full sun Water: average to dry Flower color: yellow Bloom time: August to October
Yellow Indiangrass is a native, perennial, clumping grass. It is the state grass of South Carolina. It is a warm-season grower that is dormant in winter. Yellow flower stalks stand above the foliage in the late summer and fall. They tend to be upright but may lean. Fall foliage color is orange to purple. This is one of the dominant plant species in the southeastern prairies. In the garden, it may be grown singly as a specimen or in a group - possibly as the backbone of a pocket prairie. Various skipper butterfly caterpillars may use it as a host plant. Birds will eat the seeds. Deer tend to leave grasses alone.
