Stars for your garden! Lucerne Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’) is a herbaceous perennial that produces lovely lavender-blue flowers! This adorable little ‘grass’ enchants you with Iris-like foliage and petite, yellow-eyed blossoms.
The delicate blooms peek out at you amid the foliage from May until June and create a vibrant-green, fast carpet of clump-forming foliage. The centers of each bloom have a bright yellow center and the blooms of this ornamental grass have branched flowering stems.
This variety of the North American native, rambles around Missouri where it naturally occurs in damp open woods, slopes, and along stream banks throughout much of the State. Lucerne are hardy plants for a wide range of growing zones and climates.
Planting and Application:Plant several in a naturalized area for a splash of color in spring. Creating wonderful groundcover in very little time and filling in between your perennial beds. Plant near where the gutters drain or simply allow it to naturalize meadows and hard to mow hillsides, or in informal garden areas such as cottage and woodland gardens, and native plant areas.
Excellent for edging or the front of mixed borders, or line and define garden beds with upright texture! The star-shaped flowers in bright violet-blue fill in that early summer blooming period with lovely hued color. Wonderful in containers, these provide great upright form and texture fringing the patios, and the sword-like foliage looks lovely planted en masse because they are excellent at stabilizing slopes and stopping erosion.
Star-Shaped Violet-Blue Flowers
Semi-Evergreen Iris-Like Foliage
Upright Texture
Containers, Rain Gardens, Erosion Control & Groundcover
Variety of the North American Native
#ProPlantTips for Care:Preferring any moist well-drained soils, this Iris family relative prefers the same conditions. Loving both the full sun and part shade, these are maintenance-free and hardy, so you won’t have to spend time and effort to reap their exceptional rewards. Water regularly and do not let dry out between waterings, more while in extreme heat or containers. Deer and rabbit resistant, they only attract pollinators!
Full Sun & Part Shade
Loves Moist to Wet Well-Drained Soil
Fast-Growing
Deadhead Spent Blooms & Prune to Ground in Winter
Deer & Rabbit Resistant
Lucerne Grass proves that you don’t have to be large to make a big impression! Order from NatureHills.com this year and you’ll soon see why this little gem is considered a big value!
