alkali sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Grass/grass-like
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Alkali sacaton (Sporobolus airoides) is a grass for low maintenance gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows in large, tough bunches with narrow, gray-green leaves that cure blond. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It tolerates flooding, drought, and salty alkaline soil.
Pairs well with Little bluestem, Whorled milkweed, Spotted beebalm, and Blue grama.
Native range
AR, AZ, CA, CO, and 17 more places. See all 21
AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, and WY; BC.