Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass - Delivered By ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass - Delivered By ServeScape
Eragrostis spectabilis ~ Purple Lovegrass-ServeScape

Purple Lovegrass

Eragrostis spectabilis

$96.30
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  • 151 available.
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  • Guaranteed locally grown
  • Delivery ONLY to Metro Atlanta & Athens within 5-7 business days
  • Pickup in 3-5 business days from our Switchyard in Chamblee
           (Mon & Fri 3pm-6pm - 3708 N Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA)

Purple Lovegrass is a native warm-season grass that grows in tight tufts with long blue-green leaves that develops a bronzy-red in fall.   Rosy-purple spikelets create airy clouds above the leaves in late summer and turn light beige in fall.  Prefers full sun and dry soils.  Good drought tolerance.

Type: 

Orn. Grass

Origins:

C. and E. North America; GA Native

Height: 

1' - 2'

Spread: 

1’ - 2’

Spacing: 

1.5’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

5 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Purple

Season of Interest: 

Summer, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious disease or pest issues.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Native Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Liatris, Golden Rod, Prairie Dropseed

IMAGE: Photoset by Katja Schulz, Purple Lovegrass (1)+(2), (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Eragrostis spectabilis 7zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Eragrostis spectabilis 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0,

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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