Jazz little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 2.5 feet tall12 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purplish bronze turning silvery when mature
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Jazz' little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium 'Jazz') is a grass for borders, containers, meadows, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It sits low on the menu for deer. The purplish bronze plumes turn silvery as they mature, and the foliage takes on fall color. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit it.
Pairs well with Aromatic aster, Indian Summer rudbeckia, and New Jersey tea.