A clumping grass with an upright habit that can grow to 10 feet tall. Foliage ranges from blue green to silver blue. Purple flower spikes appear in August and September. Good fall color in the bronze tones. This is a running, warm season grass that spreads by short rhizomes.

'Silver Sunrise'
5-6 foot tall, blue-green foliage with contrasting yellow band, turning rich purple in fall.

'Pawnee'
5-6 foot tall, blue-green foliage turning light red in fall.

Environmental Damage

• Drought
• Drowning and Edema

• Useful as a tall background plant, specimen plant or used as a screen.
• Use in mass planting or naturalized areas.
• A native grass and Illinois state grass.