Schizachyrium scoparium Shining Star™

A gleaming new look for “Little bluestem!”

Little bluestem grass is a rising star in the native plant palette, and multicolored Shining Star™ is the hottest new addition to growers’ choices!

Key Features

● Unique green and creamy-white variegated basal foliage clumps.
● Tips blush pale pink with cooler temps, deepening to dark pink.
● Blades continue to darken to burgundy with deep green stripes in fall.
● Inflorescences are held upright and do not lodge

  Season: Warm Weather
  Height: 15 - 18" (30" in bloom)
  Habit: Mounding
  Bloom: Flowers in mid to late summer
  Pot Size: 3.5" square pots
  Common Name: Little bluestem
  USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 - 10
  Mature Height: 30 inches with plumes
  Plume-Seedhead Color: Purple
  Exposure: Full Sun
  Patent/Royalty: PPAF